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Order of Exercises. 

5 o'clock (old sun time), - - Social Gathering 

6 o'clock (sharp), ----- Supper 

7 o'clock, - .- - - Speakinc; and Music 

The Music furnished liy the 
EAST CLEVELAND MUSICAL SOCIETY. 

ADDRESS, - Hon. J. C. Burrows, Washington, D. C, 

\J . S. Senator from Michigan 

ADDRESS— "Old-Time Farm Life in New England, and 

the Men it Made," Prqf. W. I. Chamberlain, Hudson, O. 

ADDRESS—" The Women of New England," 

Miss Mary Evans, Painesville, O., 
Principal Lake Erie Seminary 

ADDRESS—" Laws, and Legal Reforms of New England," 

Hon. Edward H. Fitch, Jefferson, O. 

ADDRESS—" Peculiarities of the Pilgrims," 

Rev. J. W. Malcolm, Cleveland, O. 



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OFFICERS, 1897. 



President. 
L. E. HOLDEN. 



Vice-Presidents. 



Maine, 

New Hampshire, • 

Vermont, 

^fassachtmefts, 

Bhode Island, 

Connecticut. 

Secretary. 
L. F. Mellen. 



Chas. F. Thwing. 

E. R. Perkins. 

Francis C. Keith. 

m. m. hobart. 

F. J. DiCKMAN. 

Wm. Bingham. 
Treasurer. 

S. C. Smith. 



Chaplain. 

Rev. Livingston L. Taylor. 



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L. E. HOLDEN, 
A. G. COLWELL, 

R. C. Parsons, 

Wm. Edwards,. 

L. F. Mellen, 

S. C. Smith, 

M. M. Hobart, 



Trustees. 
W. P. HORTON, 
H. R. Hatch, 
James Barnett, 
F. A. Kendall, 
N. B. Sherwin, 
I. P. Lamson, 
H. Q. Sargent, 



Thos. H. White, 
J. H. Breck, 
Mrs. W. a. Ingham, 
Mrs. C. F. Olney, 
Mrs. p. H. Babcock, 
Mrs. Elroy M. Avery. 
Mrs. E. D. Burton. 



The New England Society was reorganized in December, 1895, and 
incorporated. 

Annual Election of OfiRcers have been held January 1st, 1896, and January 
1st, 1897, as required by the Constitution. 

The Celebration of " Forefathers' Day" was observed December 21st, 1895, 
with a New England Supper, at Plymouth Congregational Church. 

The 100th Anniversary of the Settlement of the City of Cleveland was cele- 
brated on July 22nd, 1896, New England Day, with a Banquet, on the Campus 
of the We.»itern Reserve University, where addresses were made on " New 
England Life and Character," by Hon. Wm. McKinley, President-elect of the 
United States ; Hon. John Sherman, U. S. Senator from Ohio ; Hon. J. R. Haw- 
ley, U. S. Seniitor from Connecticut ; Governor Asa S. Bushnell and others. 

The Celebration of " Forefathers' Day " was observed December 19th, 1896, 
with a New England Supper, at the First Presbyterian Church, East Cleveland. 



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"OLD-TIME NEW ENGLAND FARM LIFE AND THE 
KIND OF MEN IT MADE." 



Address of Prof. W. I. Chamberlain. 

In her old hand-loom, more than fifty years ago, I remember 
that my New England mother used to stretch certain disconnected 
threads, called the "warp," and then with her shuttle fling in the 
cross-threads that made the carpet or the web of cloth. So in my 
mental loom to-night let me stretch certain apparently discon- 
nected threads of thought and then weave them into the web that 
shall show what sort of men and women old-time farm life in New 
England naturally and actually produced. 

The first isolated thread is this : Not until mature manhood did 
I visit the farm home of my maternal ancestors for many genera- 
tions, in old Groton, Mass. From that home, for generation after 
generation, even as Ian MacLaren tells of it in " Bonnie Scotland," 
there had gone forth bright boys who became college honor men, 
professors, presidents, missionaries, ministers, scientists, inventors 
and intelligent farmers and mechanics. At the time of my visit, 
not one stone remained upon another of the home of my ancestors, 
nor any vestige of the enclosures. With many neighboring farms 
this my ancestral one had been bought up by a rich Boston capi- 
talist and the whole was a huge sheep-walk. And I asked, "Why did 
that farm home send forth such men? Why is it that my farm home, 
and hundreds like it in New England, to-day are in ruins ?' ' Further 
on, the web of thought will weave the answer to these questions. 

The second isolated thread is this : Soon after that, I visited 
the home of my birth, and of my paternal ancestors for many gen- 
erations, in famous old Litchfield County, Conn. A cousin then 
owned that farm and several adjacent ones, a wealthy and sagacious 
farmer of the modern time. His splendid orchard was as fine a 
one and as»heavily loaded as any 1 have ever seen, not excepting 
my own in Ohio, and all his farming was sagacious and profitable. 
One fact he mentioned, viz.: that my father's former mountain 
wood lot, from which my cousin sold the timber every twenty 
years, brought him for that timber $60 per acre, as it stood. 

The view from our old home was one of the finest in New En- 
gland — a high mountain-hemmed plateau, with fertile fields and 
nestling lake far off in the lower distance. When 1 returned to my 
Ohio home I said to my aged father, then living with me, "Father, 
how could you ever sell that splendid view?" His answer I shall 
not S(jou forget: "My sou, it was indeed a lovely view, but if we 



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had not sold it and come to this college town of Hudson, where 
your uncle was a professor in the college, you and your brother 
and three sisters would never have had a full education." 

The third disconnected thread is this : Doubtless many of you 
recall that splendid series of articles by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, in 
the Century Alagazinc some, three years ago, entitled: "Charac- 
teristics." One paragraph I wish to use. He describes a coterie 
of cultured people — poets, painters, scientists and the like, as 
meeting by chance in one of their homes, and he says they fell to 
discussing this question : Which of all the callings in which men 
are engaged bring most of aesthetic enjoyment through the occupa- 
tions themselves? And he says that by universal consent they 
named the callings of the artist and the naturalist. And why ? 
The first paints the glories of God's landscapes in lasting colors 
on canvas; the second studies the wonders of God's animate crea- 
tion and fixes them upon the canvas of his soul. 

Now let me begin to weave the web of my thought on these few 
disconnected threads that constitute its warp ; for these threads, to 
my mind, directly or indirectly suggest this : That New England 
farm life, its atmosphere, its snows, its skies, its glorious land- 
scapes, its inherent difficulties overcome only by energy, inevitably 
created a race of men and women instinct with the love of beauty 
and grandeur, with the Jove of God, the love of victory, the love 
of country, the love of learning, and the spirit of invention that 
lays all God's forces and materials under tribute to man's brain 
and hand. 

First, then, the love of beauty. When I read what Dr. Mitchell 
says about the joys that come to the painter and the naturalist, I 
said to myself instantly : " Yes, and all those joys came to the 
New England farmer of the olden times." He had the joys of the 
painter in far fuller degree, for the former only occasionally amid 
the glories of God's landscapes studies and imitates and reproduces 
them ; but the farmer on those grand New England hills, was in 
the very midst of them all the time. Daily he drank into his very 
soul the glory of God's landscapes, a glory which the wealth of 
Vanderbilt or Rockefeller cannot transfer to canvas or hang upon 
the walls of his art gallery. 

You remember the story of the celebrated painter, who invited 
his fellow artists to his country home to view "a painting he had 
lately finished and framed." He ranged the guests in fit position 
and an attendant unveiled the painting. Here, in its great gilt 
frame, was a lovely mountain landscape, with flocks and herds and 
winding stream in the fertile valley. At first they stood transfixed 
with admiration, but at last, true to the spirit of criticism so com- 
mon among artists, they began to speak their thoughts. One 
thought the mountain tops too blue; another, the foothills too 
green ; another, the grain too golden ; another, the cattle too 
large for true perspective; another, the golden glory of the sunset 
far too gorgeous. When they were done he said: "My friends, 



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keep your eyes closely fixed upon the painting and walk forward 
three steps;" and as they did so the picture slowly moved back- 
ward in its frame; and then, for the first time, they found that the 
window had been removed, a great gilt frame thrown round the 
opening, and it was God's mountains they had thought too blue, 
and God's foothills they had thought too green, and God's actual 
sunset they had thought too golden for reality! 

He enacted the little scene to rebuke their tendency to hyper- 
criticism. I have told of it to show why the New England farmers, 
daily in the midst of such landscapes, could not but inherit this 
love of the beautiful, so different from what we associate with the 
character of the stern Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock, and the equally 
stern Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Settlement; for they re- 
jected the tinsel of man's cathedrals, but never the real beauty of 
"God's first temples." 

That love of the beautiful flowed in the veins of their descend- 
ants, too, for at least one generation after they left New England. 
For many years, even up to manhood, I never guessed what force 
it was that made me climb every highest hill top, tower and steeple 
and drink in the landscapes, with the blood tingling with delight 
in every vein, or later, that made me climb Pike's Peak and other 
peaks of the Rockies, the Alleghenies and the mountains of New 
England, and steam up the glorious Hudson river, again and again, 
with an all-day-long delight. I scarcely knew by what force it 
was when, thirty-seven years ago, as principal of Shaw Academy, 
close by this spot where to-night we celebrate Forefathers' Day, I 
was impelled almost every pleasant evening to climb the ridge back 
of the academy and drink in the landscape and look over the lower- 
lying forests, and watch the great sun drown itself in beautiful 
Lake Erie — more than a third of a century before the millionaires 
of Cleveland had discovered the cash value, from an artistic point 
of view, of this famous Collamer ridge for splendid country homes ! 

My second thought is that New England farm life made a race 
of men and women full of the love of God. The poet says : "The 
undevout astronomer is mad," and I might add, the undevout New 
England country dweller, or farmer of the olden time, was well 
nigh unknown. Sublimity lies close to beauty, but higher in the 
scale. No New Englander ever wondered that our Divine Master 
went into the mountain top to pray. In more ways than one he 
thus came nearer God. Nor can we wonder that even the devil, 
when he wished to tempt our Lord, " took him up icito an exceed- 
ing high mountain, and showed Him the kingdoms of the world 
and the glory of them," and said: "All this will I give thee if 
thou will bow down and worship me," nor that Christ replied : 
"It is written, 'thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and Him 
only shall thou serve.'" That is the true tendency of the grandeur 
and beauty of the New England scenery. None but the devil him- 
self, standing on such mounts of vision, could dare to tempt his 
Lord. None but a fiend incarnate, it would seem, standing with 



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such surroundings could fail to worship God. And so we cannot 
wonder that a truly Godly race sprang up from these New England 
hills. 

My third point is that New England farm life in the olden time, 
with its climate and its snows, its ruggedness and its inherent diffi- 
culties, made men who loved pre-eminence, victory, supremacy — 
who spurned the very name of defeat. The salt air from the sea, 
the invigorating breezes from the mountain tops, the battle with 
the stubborn soil, the deep snows of winter, the ten-ox teams with 
which they broke the roads through the deep snows — all combined 
to make a vigorous, a manly, a victory-loving people, who made 
Lexington and Bunker Hill possible. We do not wonder that the 
climate of Samoa and other tropical lands, which lets the inhabit- 
ants go half clad or unclad, and eat the spontaneous fruits of 
nature, makes men sluggish both in body and mind. We do not 
wonder that nine-tenths of the world's power of hand and brain 
and heart lie north of the frost line, where the snows of winter 
compel prudence and energy and forethought and sagacity. 

My next thought is that old-time New England farm life invari- 
ably made a patriotic race, a race of men who loved home and 
fatherland and were ready to die for them and for civil and religi- 
ous liberty. The same is true of Switzerland, earliest of republics, 
whose mountain-loving people never could be bound down by 
tyrants. This partly, in fact, I think, grows out of difficulties 
overcome. "To whom much is given to do, of him much is re- 
quired." For home and country for which men have toiled, they 
are willing to suffer and die. This may occount for the otherwise 
anomalous fact of the intense love of liberty, civil and religious, 
displayed by the people of the flat, level Netherlands, whose three 
million people not even all the men and all the wealth of Spain, 
under Philip II, could ever conquer, even with the fierce general 
ship of an Alva; whom, sixteen centuries earlier, not even Csesar 
with all his genius and the trained battalions of the Roman Empire 
could ever really vanquish. Why? Because, as it seems to me, 
their life-long, race-long, constant, furious battle with the sea — 
when it swept over the land as if to wipe them from the face of the 
earth, and they again and again drove and shut it back with dykes 
— had given them that united vigor and love of liberty and native 
land which made it impossible to wrest either from them. 

My next point is that New England farm life made a race full of 
the love of learning. Next to God and home and native land, they 
loved knowledge; next to the home and the church, in natural 
order of sequence, inevitably came the school house and the col- 
lege. They loved learning, partly because they were created in 
God's own image, that is, endowed with intellect and moral 
sense, and partly because the peculiar circumstances of their sur- 
roundings made knowledge a necessity. They must study the 
forces of nature to understand them and to overcome and utilize 
them. Their long winter of snow with its short days and almost 



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impossible profitable work, and with its long evenings, made it 
necessary for them, as well as possible, to study and to think; to 
plan for the future; to investigate. And so New England, far 
more than the settlements farther south along the coast, far more 
than any equal area, almost, on earth, is dotted over thick with 
school houses, academies, colleges ahd universities. 

My next point is that New England farm life naturally and in- 
evitably created a love of and a capacity for invention. This is 
one branch of learning, one department of science, one means of 
conquering nature, one mode of making God's forces and God's 
materials work with man and not against him. Why was the spirit 
of invention more brilliantly active in New England than in any 
other spot on God's green earth? Partly for the reasons just given, 
and more specifically because the scantiness of the returns of agri- 
culture forced the farmers to be mechanics and inventors, as well 
as students, gave them the manual power, the dexterity, the deft- 
ness with tools and machines, the knowledge of physical and 
mechanical laws and principles, without all of which successful in- 
vention is impossible. In every farm home in the olden time was 
some kind of manufacturing industry, for both the men and women. 
John Adams' father, the father of a line of presidents and distin- 
guished diplomats and statesmen, was a small farmer who eked 
out the slender returns of his farm by working as a shoemaker. 
Spinning, knitting, braiding straw and palm leaf and leghorn hats, 
and bonnets were common. Elias Weld, who was my neighbor 
the last ten years of his long life, in his early and mature life was 
a country doctor in Vermont, who eked out his practice with his 
farm, and who adopted his orphan nephew, John G. Whittier, and 
took him often on his long rides through the mountain scenery of 
New England, and thus educated him in the love of nature and of 
nature's "books." William Cullen Bryant's early life was quite 
similar. Daniel Webster's father was a hard-working farmer of 
slender means. Who can doubt, to return for a moment to my 
former thought, that the love of beauty infused into these young 
souls by their New England hill-surroundings was that which 
breathed in everlasting beauty in the " Thanatopsis," in "Snow 
Bound," and in Webster's immortal orations and legal arguments? 
Who can suppose that the first named wonderful poem, which Mr. 
Dana, the editor of the North American Revieiv, at first sight de- 
clared " Never was written this side of the Atlantic," could ever 
have been written by a college freshman if he had not always 
breathed the New England mountain atmosphere. Who can sup- 
pose that the massi/e grandeur of Daniel Webster's oratory could 
ever have existed but for the mountains and the mountain air of 
New Hampshire and Vermont? Or that the New England painters 
and other artists owed nothing to the splendid scenery that en- 
wrapped their early lives like a garment? 

To return, from this digression into the field of beauty, once 
more to the field of invention : — close to almost every farm house 



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was the little shop, where were made in the winter time the ox- 
yokes, ox-bows, ax-helves, fork-handles, harnesses and tools for 
the summer's farm work, as well as little manufactured articles for 
sale. Often close by the farm house, too, on the mountain brook 
or creek, stood the little shop with turning lathe whose water- 
wheel was turned by the mountain stream, and in which countless 
tools, implements and articles of wooden-ware and furniture were 
manufactured. Or, on the larger streams, the saw mill and grist 
mill, which were of use not only or chiefly for the products there 
turned out, but still more for the inventive skill and power there 
developed. And so we cannot wonder that the water-wheel sug- 
gested other modes of using nature's mighty forces or that from 
these farm homes and shops there grew up a race of inventors, such 
as the world never before saw produced from an equal population. 
This last summer for a few weeks I studied New England and her 
resources somewhat more carefully than ever before. I stood upon 
many of her mountain tops. From Mount Holyoke I looked over 
the beautiful valley of the Connecticut, and with telescope looked 
into the very windows of Smith College in Northampton, and of 
Amherst, and of tlie State Agricultural College; while close by on 
the other hand stands Mount Holyoke Female College, mother of 
best education for our women — and I said : *' Yes, the farms are 
more or less abandoned up these rough hillsides, but the rich valley 
lands are still well cultivated and the farmers froni the hillsides, 
through these grand institutions and others like them, have educated 
sons and daughters that are a power in God's universe — men that 
have thrown the great dam across the great Connecticut at Hol- 
yoke, with its thousand feet of length and its eighty feet of fall, and 
liave thus made that mighty river do far more work to bless man- 
kind than all the farmers who have left all the abandoned farms of 
all New England could ever do with their rugged farms and their 
little home shops. Another day I stood upon the Catskills and 
looked up and down the great valley of the Hudson, and off into 
beautiful Berkshire County, Mass., and the same line of thought 
there filled my soul with thanksgiving, not with sadness. Another 
day I stood on Mansfield, the highest summit of the Green Moun- 
tains, and looked off upon Montreal, Quebec, the White Mountains, 
and down on Lake Champlain ; and thought how the Green Moun- 
tain boys met the British on the plains and waters below, and took 
their forts and drove them back to Canada. Another day I stood 
on Greylock, highest of New England mountains except the White 
range, and as I noted how the forests were creeping down Greylock 
and its range, and down all the parallel ranges for fifty miles east 
and west, and saw Williamstown with its college and factories, and 
North Adams and Old Adams and Pittsfield, and Pontoosic Lake, 
and other lakes, and other manufacturing towns lying below, the 
same kind of optimistic thoughts filled my mind ; and I said : 
"Yes, the rugged farms on these hillsides have been abandoned, 
and the forests are creeping down their sides, but every shower of 



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rain, and every drift of snow that fills all these mountain gorges, 
and swells these valley streams must descend more than a thousand 
vertical feet and turn innumerable wheels of industry before it 
loses itself in the mighty ocean ; and the inventive spirit born and 
bred on these rough hill farms in the olden time is what has made 
this so !" 

Another day I followed one of these little rivers — little as they 
would call it in the West, mighty, as we must call it in the East — 
I followed it from the sea level all the way up through Rhode 
Island and Massachusetts — a long and constant and almost un- 
broken and mighty city — a hugh hive of human industry. A 
hundred miles, almost, of long brick factories and pleasant homes 
of their intelligent operatives whose lives are spent in the manu- 
facture of these smaller and more costly lines of articles where 
little power and much skill convert nature's materials into the 
countless finished products whose raw material gains a hundred or 
a thousand fold in money value by such manufacture ; and 1 said 
to myself: "The wealth of New England lies, first of all, in her 
people, and next in her numerous mountain streams with their 
thousand or more feet of fall. First, in the people, who by their 
inventive skill, nay, their genius let me say, have utilized every 
' foot-pound ' of pressure of those little rivers as they seek the sea." 
And I said again: "This little river, with its rocky bed, its 
numerous waterfalls, its steep sides — this little river, which could 
be swallowed up by the great Missouri, and be lost in it without 
increasing its volume, is well nigh as mighty by reason of its water- 
falls and its inventive people, as is the vast Missouri for its agri- 
culture. For the Missouri for two thousand miles, with its vast 
volume, its soft bottom, its low banks, and its lack of fall, turns 
scarcely a wheel of human industry." 

Such, then, was old-time New England farm life, and such the 
sort of men and women that it made. Its atmosphere, its ocean- 
wafted breezes, its winter snows, its blue skies, its glorious land- 
scapes, its inherent difficulties which could be overcome only by 
energy — inevitably created a race of men and women instinct with 
the love of beauty, the love of grandeur, and the love of God, the 
love of victory, the love of learning and the spirit of invention. 
Such men and women have laid under tribute to man's brain and 
hand all God's forces — material, intellectual and moral. Some 
indeed have abandoned those farms and that farm life, but they 
have done so simply because they cculd "do better." They have 
gone forth into every nook and corner of God's green earth, and 
they have carried help and health and strength and vitality and 
sweetness and hope wherever they have gone. Their blood has 
mingled with the blood of other states and other nations and it 
has always carried strength and vigor of mind and body wherever 
it has gone. What a blessed thing that New England lay between 
Old England and the prairie West, and that the Pilgrims and the 
Puritans inevitably drank in "her beauty and her strength " before 



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they settled the more fertile West. Think for a moment what 
would have been the case if from the New York Bay all up the 
coast to northern Maine, God had placed the level, fertile prairie 
soils, and the less vigorous climate of Illinois, Missouri and 
Kansas. Would there ever have been a Declaration of Independ- 
ence? Should we ever have had the net-work of railways that 
ramifies our continent? Would God's lightning to-day be flashing 
our messages, sounding our far-heard words, lighting our cities and 
speeding our suburban traffic? Would Yale, Harvard, Amherst, 
Dartmouth, Williams, Smith, Wellesley, Mt. Holyoke, and scores 
of other New England Colleges have sent forth light and joy and 
gladness into the whole world? Would the sort of men and women 
that our New England farm life of the olden times produced ever 
have been given to the world? 



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Address of Miss Mary Evans. 

Mr. President, atid friends of the New England Society : 

You have given me a comprehensive theme, comprehensive as 
to quality and quantity, as to time and space. The women of 
New England ! How large that goodly company and how good ! 
From Rose Standish and fair Priscilla, through days colonial and 
years of revolution — say rather, of resistance to tyrrany, through 
periods formative in the life of the new nation or critical for free- 
dom and union, through the era of pioneering when "westward 
the course of empire took its way," through evil days and good 
days they pass before us in brave review, the women of New 
England, calm, strong, steadfast, side by side with the pilgrim 
fathers on their way to worship, keeping the hearth fires bright 
while the men went out to labor or to battle, rearing great flocks 
of children in lowly homes on stern hill sides, pondering many 
things in their hearts till out of that abundance, the mouth must 
needs speak, the pen must needs write for faith and freedom, these 
women of New England — who can tell what they have been in the 
making of the nation — nay, what they are, for they are not dead 
nor sleeping in this year of our Lord, the two hundred and seventy- 
sixth from the day we celebrate ; whether they tarry in the East or 
go forth to the West or live again in their daughters of these In- 
terior States, the sun never sets upon the peaceful kingdom of their 
good works. Heroism is the same to-day as ever. It is as hard 
to endure cold and hunger as a home missionary on the frontier 
as in the old days in New England. Consecrated courage is the 



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same in blood stained Armenia where New England women are 
choosing to suffer affliction with their dear people rather than to 
come home to safety and rest. Let us thank God for the women 
of New England in the days that are gone and the days that are 
ours ! 

But New England women have thought little of the praise of 
man or woman. I fear that some of them would have thought it 
a sad overturning of things that should remain fixed forever if they 
could have forseen that, on the celebration of such a day as this 
their spokesman would be a spokeswoman. They have done their 
duty without thinking of praise. Nor is it just to utter indiscrimi- 
nate praise as if the women of other parts of our land were not also 
brave and steadfast. There were pilgrims in Pennsylvania for con- 
science sake ; in New York there were housewives from Holland 
with love of liberty born in them and transmitted to their sons ; 
there were exiles from France — in the decoration of our programs 
this evening, the lilies of France remind us of the Huguenot strain 
in the life blood of the nation. Wherefore, then, shall we praise 
above others the women of New England? 

They were pioneers. '* They created that distinctive America 
to whose ideal, despite occasional protest and temporary reaction 
all parts of the nation are steadily conforming." Strangely enough 
I found this fine tribute to their "distinctive America" in an En- 
glish paper The Japan Mail, published in Yokohama. 

They chose no genial soil in which to plant the seeds of free- 
dom. It was winter when they came, and such winters followed as 
they had never known in Old England. True, there were hard- 
ships in other colonies, biting cold, creeping damps, but not New 
England winters, lingering, as Lowell tells us, late into spring, 

"those bacle'ard springs 
That kind o' haggle with their greens and things." 

But it was in men and women together that these circumstances of 
trial brought forth such fruits as strength, endurance, thrift, dili- 
gence, self-restraint, self-sacrifice. What did the women more 
than the men? Doubtless on that New England farm, the man of 
the house from early dawn to latest eve endured hardships which 
our luxurious age can scarcely realize, but the woman's weaker 
frame and her added burdens called for endurance of a peculiar 
kind and led to the evolution of some peculiar qualities. Is it too 
much to ask whether that inventiveness, that skill in making much 
out of little which characterizes New Englanders everywhere, did 
not descend from the New England mothers, even more than from 
the fathers? Ruskin cannot say enough of the qualities requisite 
in cooking inventiveness among them, and we may well remember 
with respect the New England kitchen with the mother bringing 
marvels to pass out of scanty means, all the while the children 
clinging to her and all the while her patience growing great, her 
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Should we not also claim for the women of New England the 
greater part in poetic insight, in the deep thoughts on life and 
duty coming to light in their sons of song and eloquence? Thus 
Whittier pictures for us in Snow Bound "the prompt, decisive 
father, wasting no words," the mother's fitting phrase "so rich and 
picturesque and free," and his Life and Letters tell us that mother 
and sisters alone saw aright the budding promise of the poetic boy. 

But our age is critical, comparing and analyzing. What have 
New England women given to the life of the nation besides these 
virtues of the home, this inspiration to duty? Straightway we 
think of the church. And although other daughters have done 
virtuously, zealously, wives and mothers of Dutch Reformers, of 
Lutherans, Moravians, Scotch Presbyterians, yet it is significant 
that the earliest movements of far-off and high empires to conquer 
distant lands for Christ, these had their birth in the hearts of New 
England mothers. They first gave their sons who, afterwards, gave 
themselves. In New England were formed those " Female Cent 
Societies," the precursors of Woman's Boards, Woman's Unions 
and woman's work of every name. Pathetic name, the "Cent 
Society," letting in a flood of light not only on the straitended 
resources of humble homes, but also on the small allowance which, 
even in better circumstances, a woman could call her own. High 
spirited, large hearted women were "silent partners" in the house- 
hold where the labors were equal but the financial profits often 
unshared. New England women were not only active in the enter- 
prises of the church, but they were loyal to its theology which 
must have weighed more heavily upon their mother hearts than 
they dared to think. They leaned hard upon the eternal justice, 
believing that, somehow, it must be the other side of the eternal 
love. 

New England women were great in the home and the church, 
but they were also great in the school. And here I find what seems 
to me the crowning gift of New England manhood to the life of 
the nation. It did not manifest itself so greatly in the period when 
all of woman's gifts were needed in the development of home and 
church, but in the quiet of the home, in the silence and repression 
of the church of the times, those qualities were in development 
which were to bless the world through generations of women 
teachers. New England born. This was a movement distinctively 
of New England. The Middle States were more conservative as to 
the place of the daughter in the home, nor was it necessary that 
she should be thrust out or that she should go out to earn her own 
living. There was also more of class prejudice, " school teacher" 
being, if not a term of reproach, at least on a level with milliner 
and dressmaker. The New England girl had no scruples about 
earning her own living. Then, too, she wanted to see the world, 
and, better still, she wanted to do good, to give, as well as to get. 
New England women had somehow out-stripped their sisters of 
other States in learning their lessons of liberty and equality ; or, 



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rather, having learned them in the seclusion of their hills and val- 
leys, they were prepared beyond others to put them into practice 
and to teach what they had learned. 

Forth they went. One came to our old Academy in southern 
New Jersey, with a wonder working book, just published, the Life 
of Mary Lyon. So it happened that neither the old Academy nor 
Philadelphia schools, good as they were, were good enough, and so 
it has come about that I should have the distinguished privilege of 
speaking for New England women in this presence to-night, al- 
though I am a New Englander only by education and observation. 
Perhaps, however, nearly forty years of training and opportunity 
may give some right to speak while a deep sense of the debt I owe 
to New England women would make me ashamed to be silent. 
The women teachers of New England were representative women. 
Mary Lyon was an embodiment of New England life and charac- 
teristics. Simplicity, sincerity, "this one thing" always before 
her, and how was she "straitened till it should be accomplished," 
this one thing, to open doors everywhere into the goodly heritage 
of learning, not alone for learning's sake, but for Christ's sake, to 
go anywhere, to go where others would not go, to be ^afraid or 
ashamed of nothing save not to know and do her duty ; this was a 
gift of New England womanhood, not to the nation only, but to 
the world. The outward substance of her Mt. Holyoke lies in 
ashes as many a New England home is deserted and dust mingles 
with dust on many a hill side. But the spirit of the teacher is 
marching on, not only in higher education, greater opportunities 
in multitudes of women teachers all over the land, but, let us hope 
and pray, in a spirit of devotion to truth and duty, in a wide love 
that can reach and would even the heterogeneous populations of 
our day. 

The teacher cannot close without teaching, the moral must be 
seen and felt. We cannot afford to forget what has been put into 
the life of the nation by the women of New England. How faith- 
less and ungrateful shall we be if we do not mingle with our praises 
some earnest resolves that the inheritance shall not be lost. We 
lack, we want, let us try to regain their simplicity and sincerity in 
the midst of our complex life with its agitated architecture — no 
wonder we are coming back to colonial lines and spaces — with its 
rush and its multiplicity. We lack, we want, let us try to recover 
their reverent attitude, their strong purpose, their determination 
to conquer every hurtful thing in the national life. We lack, we 
want, contentment. Let us try to be content with a few things 
earned, paid for and therefore truly enjoyed. 

We are witnessing in our literature a revival of interest in lowly 
home life. It must be for good that we have been taken by storm 
as it were, by Drumtochty and Thrume. Dr. Weslum MacLure is 
a man, to be sure, but there are Margaret Howe and Leebie and 
Jess, these for Scottish life; and for our own New England the 
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Jewett, the sterner, more tragic and some times less true sketches 
of Mary Wilkins. Surely it is not just to please us by photographic 
studies of life and character. Any movement in literature has 
meaning. We are to go back that we may go forward, gathering 
inspiration for the problems of our lives from the noble examples 
of the past. And there is need of all the "prayers laid up" in 
New England homes by teachers, by mothers, by fathers at the 
family altar, there is need of courage, of faith, of hope for hu- 
manity that, in our day and generation we may be wise as they 
were to all, and strong to do. 



LAWS AND LEGAL REFORMS OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Address of lion, Edward H. Fitch. 



The place of the landing of the Pilgrims from the Mayflower, 
has become noted in song and story. 

" Plymouth Rock" has been the theme of the poet, and the 
subject of the painter. 

It is not my purpose to-night, to add to that literature, either 
in prose or poetry. I call your attention in the brief period-allot- 
ted to me, to the effect upon our country and its laws and juris- 
prudence, of that unintentional, but providential landing. 

Their pastor at Leyden, John Robinson, on July 27th, 1620, 
wrote them a letter, which they received at Southampton. The 
following extracts from that letter are worthy of preservation. 

" Wnereas you are to become a body-politic, using amongst 
yourselves, civil government, and are not furnished with any per- 
sons of special eminence above the rest, to be chosen by you into 
office of government; let your wisdom and godliness appear, not 
only in choosing such persons as do entirely love, and will dili- 
gently promote the common good ; but also in yielding unto them 
all due honour and obedience in their lawful administrations, not 
beholding in them the ordinariness of their persons, but God's 
ordinance for our good; nor being like unto the foolish multitude 
who more honour the gay coat, than either the virtuous mind of 
the man or glorious ordinance of the Lord. But you know better 
things, and that the image of the Lord's power and authority which 
the magistrate beareth is honourable, in how mean persons soever. 
And this duty you both may the more willingly, and ought the 
more conscientiously to perform, because you are at least for the 
present to have only them for your ordinary governors, which 
yourselves shall make choice of, for that work." 

Note the language : "Whereas you are to become a body-politic 
using amongst yourselves, civil government." This is the first 



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written declaration I have found, making manifest the intention of 
the "Fathers" to establish a civil government, and choose their 
own officers. This letter was brought with them, and on that long 
and delayed voyage, was read, and its contents fully comprehended. 

They approved the suggestions, and decided to act upon the 
advice of their beloved pastor therein contained. 

When the "Mayflower" came to anchor in Cape Cod Harbor, 
where no patent from any King had granted rights, or provided a 
form of government, and they had determined to land and settle 
there, "the Fathers," by a solemn compact made between them- 
selves on the "Mayflower," before landing; in the words of Dr. 
Cheever, "took the business of patent, government, and all civil 
and religious rights, into their own hands and became in reality, 
an independent Republic." Listen to that compact. 

"We, whose names are underwritten, having undertaken for the 
glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith, and honour 
of our King and country ; a voyage to plant the first colony in the 
northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents, solemnly and 
mutually in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant 
and combine ourselves together into a civil body-politic, for our 
better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends afore- 
said; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such 
just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, offices, from 
time to time as shall be thought most meet and convenientfor the 
general good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due sub- 
mission and obedience. In witness whereof, we have hereunder 
subscribed our names. Cape Cod, nth November, Anno Domino, 
1620." 

What an appreciation they had of their undertaking, and of the 
way to secure its accomplishment, and make it permanent. 

It has been said that God's order is. Principles, Providences, 
Persons. " Principles are eternal ; Providences develop principles ; 
Principles make persons." This was made manifest in the acts of 
the "Pilgrims" after landing, as stated in their "Journal" of 
March 23rd, 1621, "proceeded on with our common business, from 
which we had been so often hindered by the savages coming, and 
concluded both of military orders and of such laws and orders as 
we thought behooveful for our present estate and condition, and 
did likewise choose our govennor for this year, which was Mr. Johh 
Carver, a man well approved amongst us." 

They could not adopt the laws of England, as they were fleeing 
from those. It would take time and experience to frame a new 
system. They took the Mosaic, for as had been said "they had a 
code of laws in every man's hand in the Bible." 

This was the commencement of changes in the laws of England, 
and the enactment of those suitable to their condition and neces- 
sities, both in this and the other Colonies in New England, and 
particularly in Connecticut. 



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They abolished primogeniture, entailment and imprisonment for 
debt, and so changed the laws of inheritance that, in the absence 
of a will, all the childten should inherit equally, both realty and 
personalty. 

In the words of Prescott Hall, "Indeed I may go further and 
say that there is scarcely a change o^ an improvement called for 
or suggested by the distinguished Lord Brougham, in his great 
speech upon law reforms in England, delivered in the House of 
Commons, in the year 1812; but what may be found among the 
enactments of legislatures, and the practice of Courts in the Eastern 
States." 

These great changes and improvements in the laws, as I have 
shown were begun at once, and were continued up to the time of 
the Revolution. In short, again quoting from Prescott Hall, "with 
a bold defiance of customs immemorial, and of forms rendered 
sacred by antiquity, they commenced the progress of legal reform 
from the moment their feet first pressed the sod of their new-found 
country. With no effected disregard for the wisdom and learning of 
their ancestors, with no pretentions to a more perfect knowledge of 
man's true social condition than that which prevailed at home, they 
did nevertheless at once institute the inquiry as to how much of an 
antiquate system was suited to their wants and conditions." 

Having the common Statute law of England open and before 
them, and with a steady eye upon ancient precedents, they began 
a system of legal change at once radical, yet conservative. 

In criminal law they made radical changes. They at once re- 
duced the number of crimes made punishable in England with 
death, from one hundred and fifty, to eleven. 

About 1630, one of the members of the Colony with malice, 
killed one of his neighbors. His trial was conducted by observing 
all the forms of law. An indictment by grand jury, and verdict by 
a petit jury, and sentenced. He was executed, not under the laws 
of England: but on the divine command "Whosoever sheddeth 
man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." 

As Dr. Bacon states : "The greatest and boldest improvement 
which has heen made in criminal jurisprudence by any one act, 
since the dark ages, was that which was made by our " Fathers," 
when they determined that the judicial laws of God, as they were 
delivered by Moses, should be accounted of moral equity, and gen- 
erally bind all offenders, and be a rule to all the Courts." 

The laws, and changes in the laws, were enacted at the town- 
meetings, at which the citizens of the Colony first, and afterwards 
the Township, exercised all those functions of government, which 
are now performed in Town, City, County and State. 

Here, every citizen was an equal, each striving for the common 
good, each bearing his share of the public burden, each feeling his 
responsibility, and each one acting upon principle to maintain and 
perpetuate principles. 



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Thus under Providence, persons were made who wrought out 
the eternal principles of right, justice and freedom. 

The experience gained in the town meetings, and in framing laws 
for themselves, taught them the need of a closer union among the 
Colonies, inspired the Declaration of Independence, the Federal 
Constitution and the Ordinance of 1787. 

While recognizing that need, the order to "establish justice, 
insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, pro- 
mote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to our- 
selves and our posterity, ' ' they guarded well the rights of the States. 

In the articles of Confederation and perpetual Union, declaring 
" Each State retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, 
and every power, jurisdiction and right, which is not by this con- 
federation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress 
assembled." 

In the Constitution, providing, "The powers not delegated to 
the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the 
States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." 

The Ordinance of 1787, passed by Congress, under the Articles 
of Confederation, on July 13th, 1787, "for the government of the 
territory of the United States, northwest of the River Ohio," is a 
most remarkable act. 

This ordinance illustrates, not only the wisdom of the " Fathers," 
but their comprehension of the need of a free and independent 
people. 

"Great were the hearts, and strong the minds, 

Of those who framed in high debate, 
The immortal league of love that binds 
Our fair broad empire, State with State." 

The citizens of Ohio, are under a deep debt of obligation for 
that ordinance. It should be studied by all the people, and the 
Articles of Compact therein should be found in the readers used 
in our schools. 

It was passed for "the purpose of temporary government," for 
the territory of the United States, northwest of the River Ohio. 

In Section 2, it provides that estates, both of resident and non- 
resident proprietors in the said territory, dying intestate, shall 
descend, and be distributed among their children, and the descend- 
ants of a deceased child, in equal parts; the descendants of a de- 
ceased child or grand-child to take the share of their deceased 
parent, in equal parts among them. 

That there should be no distinction between kindred of the 
whole and half blood ; and saving in all cases, to the widow of the 
intestate, her third part of the real estate for life, and one-third 
part of the personal estate. 

It provided that estates might be conveyed by will and deed, 
giving the manner of making the same. 



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Sec. 13. And for extending the fundamental principles of civil 
and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these repub- 
lics, their laws and constitutions, are erected ; to fix and establish 
those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and govern- 
ments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said terri- 
tory; to provide, also, for the establishment of States, and per- 
manent government therein, aud for their admission to a share in 
the Federal councils on an equal footing with the original States, 
at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest. 

Sec. 14. It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority 
aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles 
of compact, between the original States and the people and States 
in the said territory, and forever remain unaltered, unless by com- 
mon consent, to wit : These Articles are six in number. 

Article i. No person, demeaning himself in a peaceable and 
orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of 
worship, or religious sentiments, in the said territories. 

Article 2. The inhabitants of the said territory shall always be 
entitled to the benefits of the writs of habeas corpus, and of the 
trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in 
the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course 
of the common law. All persons shall be bailable, unless for cap- 
ital offences where the proof shall be evident, or the presumption 
great. All fines shall be moderate ; and no cruel or unusual pun- 
ishment shall be inflicted. No man shall be deprived of his liberty 
or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the 
land, and should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the 
common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand 
his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the 
same. And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is 
understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made or 
have force in the said territory, that shall, in any manner what- 
ever, interefere with or effect private contracts, or engagements, 
bona fide, and without fraud previously formed. 

Article 3. Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary 
to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and 
the means of education shall forever be encouraged. The utmost 
good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians ; their 
land and property shall never be taken from them without their 
consent; and in their property, rights and liberty, they never shall 
be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized 
by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall from 
time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, 
and for preserving peace and friendship with them. 

Article 4. Provides that the territory and the States formed 
therein, shall forever remain a part of the United States, and be 
subject to all acts and ordinances of the United States in Congress 
assembled, and shall be constitutionally made. That "No tax 
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in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than 
residents. The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and 
Saint Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall 
be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants 
of the said territory as to the citizens of the United States, and 
those of any other States that may be admitted into the con- 
federacy without any tax, impost, or duty therefor." 

Article 5. Provides that there shall be found in the said ter- 
ritory not less than three nor more than five States ; and gives the 
boundaries of three. The Eastern State being Ohio, was bounded 
as follows : By a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of 
the Great Miami to the territorial line, by the territorial line, 
Pennsylvania and the Ohio River. That when either of the said 
States shall have 60,000, free inhabitants therein, such State shall 
be admitted by its delegates, into the Congress of the United 
States, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects 
whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent Constitu- 
tion and State government : Provided, The Constitution and 
government, so to be formed, shall be a republican, and in con- 
formity to the principles contained in these articles. 

Article 6. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servi- 
tude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of 
crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Pro- 
vided always, that any person escaping into the same, from whom 
labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original 
States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to 
the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid. 

Governor Chase, in commenting upon this ordinance, says : 
"This remarkable instrument was the last gift of the Congress of 
the old Confederation to the country, and it was a fit consumma- 
tion of their glorious labors. 

"At the time of its promulgation, the federal Constitution was 
under discussion in the convention. On the whole, these articles 
contain what they profess to contain, the true theory of American 
liberty. The great principles promulgated by it, are wholly and 
purely American." 

Later, speaking of the growth of Ohio and her institutions, he 
says: " The spirit of the ordinance of 1787 pervades them all. 
Who can estimate the benefits which have flowed from the interdic- 
tion, by that instrument of slavery and of legislative interference 
with private contracts? One consequence is, that the soil of Ohio 
bears up none but free men ; another, that a stern and honour- 
able regard to private rights and public morals characterizes her 
legislation." 

1 have thus hastily sketched some of the important events in 
the legal history of this country. Enough, however, to excite both 
wonder and admiration. Enough to show that, in the words of 
John Fiske, "the skillfully elaborated American system of federal- 



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ism appears as one of the most important contributions that the 
English race has made to the general work of civilization." 

Governed by principles, under providence they founded the 
Republic, and left it to their descendants, with a trusting faith in 
its permanence. 

The lesson of the hour, on this "Forefathers' Day" is, will we, 
their descendants, strive to perpetuate and preserve, as they did to 
build up and establish it? 

If we do, their faith in their work will be justified, and our 
children's children will celebrate "Forefathers' Day" as citizens 
of a common country, undivided, peaceful and permanent. 

In the words of the poet, they will say as we do now, 

" We live in freedom ; let us clasp each other by the hand ; 
In love and unity abide, a firm, unbroken band ; 
We cannot live divided, the Union is secure, 
God grant that while men live, and love, this Nation may endure." 



PECULIARITIES OF THE PILGRIMS. 



Address of Rev. J. W. Malcolm. 



It seems to me the one thing this audience needs in this the clos- 
ing address, is to be thoroughly solemnized — to be elongated in 
your physiognomy — to be moved into a lachrymose susceptibility, 
and mellow liquidity. As to the physical condition of the Pilgrims 
we shall soon see they were human beings just like us. They ate, 
drank, slept and walked just we do. Their ladies had tongues just 
as our ladies have tongues — and had much occasion to use them, 
just as our ladies have. Socially, however, their ladies were pecu- 
liar. They loved to stay at home and to think of home, while 
ours, love to flit from store to store and revel in the sweet buy and 
buy, and buy. Our ladies love to study art and occultism. Their 
ladies took more to the plainer studies, such as geography. Libbie 
Garner, it was, who asked John Rowland how far it was around 
the world, and John, it was, who answered her: "Why, my child, 
it is only twenty-four inches, you are all the world to me." The 
courtship of Miles Standish was "peculiar." Its dignity and 
pathos is not likely to be reproduced in the experience of the de- 
scendants of the Pilgrims in this anniversary. 

As compared with the Puritans, the Pilgrims were peculiar. 
They were more humane than mild. Take it in the matter of 
medicine and treatment of children, and the Puritan was harsh. 
Here is his prescription for worms: "Take one peck of garden 



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snails, bruise them and put them into a canvas bag and hang it up, 
and set a dish under it to catch the liquor that droppeth therefrom. 
Add to this two handfuls of calendine, also two handfuls of bear's 
fat, two of aquimony, two of wood-sorrel, two of betony, two of 
red dock roots, three gallons of strongest beer, 6-penny worth of 
beaten saffron, six ounces of strained hartshorn, and give two pints 
on an empty stomach the first thing in the morning, before the 
worms have had their breakfast." But now behold the peculiarity 
of the Pilgrims, so mild, so humane. This is their prescription for 
worms : "Hyripus semplex of one snail raised to the third dilu- 
tion, suffused with aroma of one burdock, taken in aqua multa ad 
captandum ad libitum." 

The distinctive characteristic difference between the Pilgrim and 
the Puritan, with their origin and peculiarities, has never been well 
understood. They were far apart from each other. To be serious, 
I wish to pay a tribute to the moral courage of the Pilgrims and the 
steadfast manner in which they absolutely refused to compromise 
their convictions in the least. It was a wonderful thing in the life 
of the Pilgrims that in an age of monarchy and despotism they 
should be able to plan a pure ecclesiastical democracy ; it was a 
strange sight to see these people moved as by some strange power 
formulating a church organization allowing for the full play within 
it of all the human faculties. In this they seemed to be, indeed, 
the children of providence. What else than Divine inspiration 
and guidance can account for these people leaving their homes, 
their native hearth hallowed by the ashes of their dead, and a 
father-land full of all the enchantment of childhood and fond recol- 
lection. How easy it would have been, says Joel Hawes, to have 
made a few little overtures, to have reasoned away the convictions 
of eonscience, to have adjusted themselves to their environment, 
and to have saved themselves all the torture, the imprisonment, the 
death at the scaffold, the dreary exile, and the slow anguish upon 
foreign, savage shores. When we think of the Puritans, we can 
see that it is quite natural that they having suffered from ritualism, 
should seek to stay within their own church and purify it from that 
which had injured them ; but when we look at the Pilgrims taking 
the dread step of separatism in obedience to the high mandates of 
an inspired conscience, it seems more than extraordinary. 

In the low countries the contrast is equally striking. The Dutch 
are brave and sturdy, the Pilgrims are devout and full of holy bold- 
ness. At the University of Leyden, Calvinism was dogmatic. In 
the Church of John Robinson was breadth of view and liberality 
of spirit. As compared with the episcopacy of whatever shade, 
the people of Scrooby and later of Leyden, were divine in their 
charity. In short, these people stand on the crests of the Christian 
centuries markedly different from all others save the Apostles and 
their immediate successors. 

Long live the memory and example of the Pilgrims in their 
" peculiar" way of furnishing the principles of right living. 



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NEW ENGLAND LIFE AND CHARACTER. 



Centennial address of Hon. William McKinley. 

It gives me sincere pleasure to meet and address the Nev/ En- 
gland Society, of the City of Cleveland and the Western Reserve. 
Those of us who are descendents of New England join with us who 
are not descendents of New England in this pause to give tribute to 
the men who did so much for civilization and for the establishment 
of free government on this continent. There has been every variety 
of characterization of the New England Pilgrim, and Pioneer. 
Some of it of a friendly character, and others of an unfriendly 
character. I recall to-day the characterization of the gifted son of 
New England, now dead, George William Curtis, whose memory 
we cherish. He said: "The Puritan was harsh, severe, sour, 
bigoted and intolerant, but that God had sifted three kingdoms to 
find the seed-grain with which to plant a free republic, and that he 
had done more for liberty than any man in Roman history." It 
is said that the blood of New England courses through the veins 
of a quarter of the population of the United States. I know not 
how this may be, but I do know, that the conscience, and the 
ideas, and the principles of New England, courses through every 
vein and artery of the American republic. Well may you be proud 
to be descendents of New England! 

"No lack is in your primal stock, 
"No weakling founders, builded here, 
"They were the men of Plymouth Rock, 
"The Puritan, and the Cavalier." 

They fought on every battle field of the republic, from Concord 
and Bunker Hill, to Gettysburg and Appomattox, and the torch 
of liberty which they lighted illuminates the whole world. Stick 
to your Puritan heritage, but let the freedom of the age, its light, 
and hope, and sweetness, add to the stern faith your fathers had. 




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new €ndland Society of Cleveland and Uicinity. 

(INCORPORATED.) 



For the purpose of fostering and promoting a kindred spirit among 
the SONS AND DAUGHTERS of NEW ENGLAND, and their 
descendants, and the cherishing of those ties which bind us to our 
native soil and its institutions, and for social and intellectual im- 
provements, we enroll our names, residents of Northern Ohio, as 
entitled to membership. 

(Revised Enrollment, 1897.) 

Arms, Dr. Chas. C VT 370 Amesbury Ave. 

Arms, S. Elizabeth CONN 370 Amesbury Ave. 

Adams, Alfred CONN 1096 Willson Ave. 

Avery, Elroy M CONN 657 Woodland Hills Ave. 

Avery, Katharine H. T MASS 657 Woodland Hills Ave. 

Abbott, Fred A ME 1270 Slater Ave, 

Abbott, William MASS 977 Proppect St. 

Abbott, Mrs. C. Tounglove CONN 977 Prospect St. 

Adams, Comfort A MASS 46 Streator Ave. 

Ahenwood, D. W CONN 402 Jennings Ave. 

Ambler, Mrs. Annie M N. H 402 E. Madison Ave. 

Ang-ell, E. A R. 1 495 Russell Ave. 

Angell, Mrs. E. A CONN 495 Rus-sell Ave. 

Adams, S. F VT East Cleveland. 

Adams, Mrs. Eliza D VT East Cleveland. 

Aldrich, William MASS West Dover, O. 

Avery, Charles A CONN : Painesville, O. 

Arnold, D. J. C MASS New London, O. 

Ames, J VT New London, O. 

Arnold, S MASS New London, O. 

Ainger, CD. VT Andover, O. 

Alden, Isaac Carey MASS Akron, O. 

Alden, Emma Llllie CONN Akron, O. 

Avery, Hezekiah CONN Euclid, O. 

Alleyn, Watson VT Hiram, O. 

Alden, Drantha L MASS Hiram, O. 

Alexander, Mary V CONN Akron, O. 

Austin, W. S CONN Huntsburg, O. 

Allen, G. F VT Huntsburg, O. 

Andrews, Calista ME Oberlin, O. 

Akins, A. E CONN The Lenox. 

Akins, Linnie D CONN The Lenox. 

Bacon, Richard CONN 40 Hilburn Ave. 

Brainard, H. M N. H East Cleveland. 

Barrett, R. C MASS 42 Cedar Ave. 

Barrett, Mrs. R. C MASS 42 Cedar Ave. 

■Briggs, Sam R.I 48 Cedar Ave. 

Briggs, Ada L CONN 48 Cedar Ave. 

Bradley, Arthur CONN 818 Case Ave. 

Buel, A. P CONN 1333 Willson Ave. 

Barber, Judge G. M MASS 585 Sibley St. 

Bates, Theo. M MASS 76 Mayfield St. 

Beardslee, C. H CONN 163 Bolton Ave. 

Blood, R. A MASS 45 Woodland Ct. 



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Benedict, S. H CONN 1604 Euclid Ave. 

Bolton, C. E MASS 202 Cuyahoga Bldg. 

Bolton, Sarah K CONN 202 Cuyahoga Bid. 

Barstow, S. K ME 394 Sibley St. 

Buss, W. D N. H 30 Hinman St. 

Bulkeley, W. P MASS 14 Oak St 

Bailey, Geo. J R. 1 938 Cedar Ave. 

Babcock, P. H MASS 19S1 Euclid Ave. 

Babcock, Caroline B CONN 1981 Euclid Ave. 

Bingham, William CONN 789 Euclid Ave. 

Babcock, Charles MASS 1961 Euclid Ave 

Bourne, E. H MASS 845 Case Ave! 

Bourne. Olivia H MASS 845 Case Ave. 

Black, C. H ME 13 Griswold St. 

Brooks, Dr. M. L CONN 289 Prospect St. 

Brooks, Thos. H CONN 894 Euclid Ave. 

Burgess, Solon VT 510 Euclid Ave. 

Burgess L. F VT 510 Euclid Ave. 

Burgess, Mra L. F CONN 510 Euclid Ave. 

Barnett, James CONN 697 Euclid Ave. 

Brovi^n, Alvin R MASS 165 Adelbert St. 

Bierce, Mrs. Sarah M ME 62 Streator Ave. 

Buck, Rev. Florence MASS 160 Huron St. 

Boynton, Judge W. W N. H 1781 Euclid Ave! 

Baker, Jeannette R VT 92 Edgewood Place. 

Burnham, W. S VT 16 Kirk St. 

Blackwell, Nellie Oviatt CONN 213 Franklin Ave. 

Brooks, Sam'l C CONN 173 Bolton Ave. 

Brooks, Emily M CONN 172 Bolton Ave. 

•Bridgman, Theodore MASS 840 Logan Ave. 

Bridgman, Mrs. Louisa VT 840 Logan Ave. 

Baker, Geo. W VT 947 Case Ave. 

Barnes, Sidney MASS Talmadge, O. 

Barnes, Hannah MASS Talmadge, O. 

Barnes, Sylvester MASS Talmadge O 

Bierce, L. V MASS Talmadge, O. 

Bates, Mrs. Sabra MASS Twinsburg, O. 

Brown, A. J MASS Twinsburg! O. 

Breck, Joseph H MASS Newburg, O. 

Baldwin, B. W CONN Jefferson,' O. 

Baldwin, J. H CONN Jefferson' O 

Bailey ,D. W CONN Jefferson! O. 

Bailey, A. H CONN Jefferson. O. 

Brown, Raleigh MASS Rockport O 

Bassett, D MASS Rockport, O. 

Bassett, Mrs. Chas MASS Rockport O. 

Bartlett, Mrs. Jane T CONN No. Olmsted! o! 

Brown, J. S MASS Berea', o! 

Brown, Mrs. Elizabeth MASS Berea' O 

Billings, S. C MASS Kirtland! o! 

Billings, E. X) MASS Kirtland, O. 

Billings. Mrs. O. C MASS Kirtland, O. 

Bates, R. C MASS Willoughby, O. 

Bates, Mrs. R. C CONN Willoughby O. 

Bates, W. A 'MASS Willoughby,' O. 

Baker, S. L CONN Willoughby O. 

Baker, Mrs. S. L MASS Willoughby,' O. 

Beebe, Pamelia MASS Elyria O 

Bo wen, Mrs. S. H CONN Elyria! O. 

Brodie, Mrs. Jane MASS Strongsville, O. 

Brown, Mrs. Harriet W VT Strongsville O 

Bishop, T. J MASS Andover.* O. 

Black, R. A MASS Andover, O. 

Black, R. A MASS Andover, O. 

Butler, Charles MASS Andover O 

Bailey, L. E CONN Parkman, O. 



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Bentley Edwin S CONN Hudson, O. 

Bell, Eleanor Peck VT Hudson, O. 

Baldwin, Anna Peck CONN Akron, O. 

Baldwin, Celia A VT Akron, O. 

Burlingame, Geo. G MASS Akron, O. 

Burlingame, Eliza A MASS Akron, O. 

Burling-ame. Geo. F MASS Akron, O. 

Burnell, Eli MASS Willoughby, O. 

Burnell, Mrs>. Ell VT Willoughby, O. 

Baker, E. H MASS Willoughby, O. 

Baker, Wm CONN Willoughby, O. 

Belden, A. M CONN Willoughby, O. 

Bush, L.. H MASS Willoughby, O. 

Barnes, Harley CONN Painesville, O. 

Bates, George A CONN Painesville, O. 

Benjamin, J. M CONN Painesville, O. 

Bingham, S. D VT Akron, O. 

Bingham, Clara E VT Akron, O. 

Buckingham, Wm. J CONN Akron, O. 

Buckingham, Frances P CONN Akron, O. 

Buckingham, Hulda CONN Akron, O. 

Bolton, Roswell A R. I Mesopotamia, O. 

Baker, Elbert H MASS Willoughby, O. 

•Baker, Mrs. Ida S CONN Willoughby, O. 

Baldwin. David C CONN Elyria, O. 

Brainard, Geo. W N. H 364 Sibley St. 

Brainard Mrs. Maria L VT 364 Sibley St. 

Brainard, J. M N. H 1093 Prospect St. 

Brainard, Henry M N. H East Cleveland. 

Brainard, Mrs. F. A VT East Cleveland. 

Brainard, Bessie M N. H East Cleveland. 

Brainard, A. W N. H 704 Prospect St. 

Brainard, Annie M N. H 704 Prospect St. 

Bowers, Eva C CONN Euclid, O. 

Bowen, Seth MASS East Cleveland. 

Bowen, Mrs. S CONN East Cleveland. 

Babcock, Wm. A CONN 49 West Trenton St. 

Bower, Buckland P CONN 1246 Cedar Ave. 

Bradford, Mrs. Mary Scranton CONN 569 Euclid Ave. 

Bardwell, John N CONN East Cleveland. 

Bardwell, Jane H CONN East Cleveland. 

Barnes, O. M CONN Huntsburg, O. 

Bo&worth, N. C VT Kirtland, O. 

Bosworth, L.. A. M VT KirUand, O. 

Brown, G. Morton VT Conneaut, O. 

Brown, J. E VT Conneaut, O. 

Browne, Myron G CONN 1304 Willson Ave. 

Bridgman, Cynthia E CONN Huntsburg, O. 

Burton, Dr. E. D MASS East Cleveland. 

Burton, Mrs. E. D MASS '.East Cleveland. 

Burton, Martha B MASS East Cleveland. 

Brand, Rev. James MASS Oberlin, O. 

Bushnell, Rev. Ebenezer CONN 727 Genesee Ave. 

Bushnell, Mrs. E. K CONN 727 Genesee Ave. 

Beckwith, Mrs. Maria W MA'S'S 112 Arlington St. 

Beckwith, Fred R MASS 112 Arlington St. 

Beckwith, Julia Howe CONN 112 Arlington St. 

Brigden, C. A CONN Mesopotamia, O. 

Brigden, Frances E VT Mesopotamia, O. 

Barney, Mrs. Nellie VT 86 Vienna St. 

Colwell, A. G CONN 871 Prospect St. 

Clay, Oliver P VT 41 Windsor Ave. 

Clay, Ina P VT 41 Windsor Ave. 

Curtiss, S. H CONN 621 Prospect St. 

Carter, Frank Li MASS 187 Central Ave 

Carter, Benj. L MASS 7 Gale Ave. 

Chandler, F. M N. H 712 Logan Ave. 

Chamberlln, Frank S VT 909 Case Ave. 



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Chamberlin, Mrs. F. S VT 9f>9 Case Ave. 

Cady, Horace H MASS 118 Water St. 

Cady, Geo. W MASS The Stiilman. 

Clark, Charles H MASS 308 Prospect St. 

Cbgswell, B. S MASS 95 Dorchester Ave. 

Cog-swell, Helen M MASS 95 Dorchester Ave. 

Chase, Charles W MASS 656 Prospect St. 

Chase, Almira F MASS 656 Prospect St. 

Cowles, J. G. W CONN 581 Sibley St. 

Cowles, Lois M VT 581 Sibley St. 

■Clark, Charles C MASS 308 Prospect St. 

Conant, O. B VT 136 Muirson St. 

Chandler, Mrs. Robt VT 2374 Euclid Ave. 

•Childs, Henry B MASS 586 Prospect St. 

Childs, Edwin D MASS The Lennox. 

Caldwell, Judge H. J CONN 1204 Cedar Ave. 

Caldwell, Mrs. H. J CONN 1204 Cedar Ave. 

Chandler, J. M R. 1 200 Summit St. 

Chandler, Mrs. J. M N. H 200 Summit St. 

CoQlton, W. Smith MASS 70 Miles Ave. 

Corner, Horace B MASS 750 Doan St. 

Corner, Mrs. H. B CONN 750 Doan St. 

♦Carlton, C. C CONN 23 Eagle St. 

Crocker, T. D CONN 845 Euclid Ave. 

Carter, William MASS Talmadge. O. 

Carter, H. S MASS Talmadge, O. 

Cutler, Rev. Calvin MASS Talmadge, O. 

Culter, Fanny MASS Talmadge, O. 

Cannon, Mrs. H. r MASS Twinsburg, O. 

Chamberlin, O. E VT Twinsburg, O. 

Chamberlin, W. W VT Twinsburg, O. 

Crosby, D. L CONN Jefferson, O. 

Cad well, J. P CONN Jeffersom, O. 

Cadwell, Ida Baldwin CONN Jefferson, O. 

Carter, Delos MASS Bedford, O. 

Colson, Thomas MASS .Brecksville, O. 

Coateg, William MASS Brecksville, O. 

Clark, Dr. Wm MASS Berea, O. 

Clemens, J. W R. I No. Dover, O. 

Clemens, Mrs. J. W R. I No. Dover, O. 

Cahoon, J. M VT No. Dover, O. 

Cahoon, Ida M VT No. Dover, O. 

Coo ley, George VT Dover, O. 

Clemens, Dr. Celia r. i No. Dover, O. 

Champney, Prof. L. J MASS Painesville, O. 

'Cummings, Henry H N. H Painesville, O. 

Cummings, Alice J N. H Painesville, O. 

Chapman, N. S ME New London, O. 

Chapin, Wm. H CONN New London, O. 

Cushing, Dr. Chas. F ME Elyria, O. 

Gushing, Mary H ME Elyria, O. 

Cushing, Dr. Chas. H ME Elyria, O. 

Carpenter, Mrs. B. C MASS Strongsville, O. 

Corn well, Mrs. C. J VT Andover, O. 

Carpenter, Dwight MASS West Andover, O. 

Conant, Amelia VT Parkman, O. 

Cook, Fred T VT Parkman, O. 

Case, Chauncey H CONN Hudson, O. 

Chamberlain, W. I CONN Hudson, O. 

Chamberlain, Mrs. W. I CONN Hudson, O. 

Conger, Arthur L VT Akron, O. 

Conger, Emily Bron.son CONN Akron, O. 

Grouse, Geo. W MASS Akrorl, O. 

Grouse, Martha Parsons MASS Akron, O. 

Collister, Willis CONN Willoughby,' O. 

Collister, John CONN Willoughby, O. 

•Died 1896. 



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Cowles, Grant MASS Kirtland, O. 

Cowles, Agnes Morley MASS Kirtland, O. 

Crary, William MASS Kirtland, O. 

Crary, Mrs. William VT Kirtland, O. 

Cleveland, G. P CoisTN Willoughby, O. 

•Crawford, Geo VT Willoughby, O. 

Colvin, Alonzo MASS South Newburg. O. 

Crafts, Edward MASS Auburn, O. 

Colton, Geo. H CONN Hiram, O. 

Cook, Garry L VT Hiram, O. 

Coe. W. W VT Hiram, O. 

Cross, E. A CONN Hiram, O. 

Casement, J. S CONN Painesvllle, O. 

Casement, Mrs. J. S CONN Painesvllle, O. 

Chamberlain, Mrs. P. P MASS Solon, O. 

Childs, Irwin S MASS Painesvllle, O. 

Cozad, H. J CONN Akron, O. 

Coates, Mrs. Lillian A CONN Akron, O. 

Cleaf, Mrs. Amelia M VT Akron, O. 

Condit, Mrs. Paul P N. H. ".'.'.'.'.".'.".!'....."..'... .364 Sibley' St. 

Chisholm, Mrs. W. B N. H East Cleveland 

Cristy, Mrs. A. B CONN 45 Anndale Ave. 

Cozad, Justus L, MASS 56 Mayfield St. 

Coe, Mrs. Antonette B CONN East Cleveland 

Chamberlain, Prof. W. I CONN Hudson O. 

Conkey, Mrs. Andrew L MASS Warrensville', O. 

Clark, Henry MASS Warrensville, O. 

Coburn, Mrs. J. M MASS East Cleveland. 

Clark, L. D VT Huntsburg, O. 

Clark, Mrs. Carrie A MASS Huntsburg, O. 

Clark, Mary A. O MASS East Cleveland 

Currier, Rev. Albert H n. H Oberlin, O. 

Clark, Mrs. W. W CONN Collinwood, O. 

Clark, Geo. A CONN Collinwood, O. 

Dickman, Judge F. J r. 1 449 Prospect St. 

Duncan, A. R., Jr vT 1267 Willson Ave. 

De Forest, Cyrus H CONN 31 Fifth Ave. 

De Witt, William MASS 64 W. Clinton St. 

De Witt. Mrs. M. A MASS 64 W. Clinton St. 

Dockstader. C. J CONN 885 Case Ave. 

Day, Wilson iM MASS 340 Superior St. 

Davis. William B VT 38 Cheshire St. 

Dawes, J. O MASS 857 Doan St. 

Dean, Mrs. E. L VT 27 Dean Pl 

Deming, George CONN cor. E. Madison & Hough'. 

Demmg. Mrs. C. B CONN cor. E. Madison & Hough. 

Doan, Norton CONN East Cleveland. 

Doan, Walter S.. CONN East Cleveland. 

Delamater, Mrs. Ehza L CONN 211 Franklin Ave. 

Dunham, Asa VT Bedford, O. 

Dickinson, S. C MASS Willoughbv, O. 

Doolittle, Charles E CONN Painesvllle O. 

Doolittle, John T CONN Painesvllle O. 

Doolittle, Robert E CONN Palnesville, O. 

Doolittle, N. Marshall CONN Painesvllle O 

Doolittle, Bella Pratt CONN Painesvllle' O 

Dibble, Mrs. M. H VT Elyr a O 

Dewitt, B. C VT !.!.!!!! iElyria' O 

Dewitt, Mrs. A. E MASS Elvria, O. 

Dole, Hev. S. K MASS Parkman, O. 

Denison, Helen Trowbridge MASS Huds n, O. 

Deming, William J * MASS Rootstown, O. 

Dickinsonr, W. J MASS Rootstown, O. 

Dickinson, Dotha C MASS Rootstown, O. 

Deming, H. A CONN Rootstown', O. 

Deming, Cordelia M CONN Rootstown, O. 

Dean, J. W MASS Mayfleld, O. 



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^ean, D MASS Mayfleld, O. 

Dutton, Clarence N. H Auburn O 

Dean, Prof. B. S CONN Hiram' O* 

Dille. Ann Olivia MASS Eucl d' o' 

Dille, Willis H MASS Eucid' o' 

Day, William A CONN Sheffield'©' 

Day, Mrs. William A MASS Sheffield ' o' 

Day, Henry K MASS Elyria O* 

Day, Mrs. Henry K MASS Elyria' O 

Danforth, Kate Inger3oll MA SS East Cleveland 

Dockstader, Lazzie CONN 113 Cedar Ave' 

Davis, Henry S N. H 739 Giddings Ave. 

De Witt, Elizabeth C CONN Elyria O 

Edwards, William MASS 582 Prospect' St 

P^dwards, Harry MASS 582 Prospect St 

Ellsworth, James W CONN 48 S. Genesee Ave. 

Esty, Ezra B MASS 128 Bolivar St. 

Ensign, John E CONN 574 Prospect Pt 

Ensign, Grace O MASS 574 Prospect St! 

Eustus, Frank VT 79 Professor St. 

Ellsworth, Emily Oviatt CONN 213 Franklin Ave 

Evans, Mrs. O MASS 453 Bolton Ave! 

Emery, Almon MASS Newburg O 

Elder, Martin A MASS Elyiia O. 

Elder, Carrie H CONN Elyria' O 

Enos, Mrs. Mary P VT Andover, O. 

Elwell, Lutie Stewart CONN Wi'loughby O 

Eddy, Mrs. S. M CONN East Cleveland. 

Edwards, Jennie B MASS Huntsburg O. 

Ely, William A MASS Elyria O. 

Ely, George H MASS Elvria, O. 

Ely, Anna Moody MASS Elvria, O. 

Flint, E. S VT 203 Perry St. 

Ferry, O. N VT 238 Quinby Ave. 

Farrar, CH MASS 35 Greenwood St. 

Ford, Henry MASS 26 Cornell St. 

French, Chnton VT cor. Bond and Rockwell. 

Foster, Arthur B MASS 568 Cedar Ave. 

Foster, Mrs. A. B CONN 568 Cedar Ave. 

Eraser, Rev. J. G VT 775 Doan St. 

Fuller, Charles H CONN 169 Euclid Ave, 

Ford, Lewis W MASS 29 Sibley St. 

Ford, Anna E CONN 29 Sibley St. 

Fisher, Waldo A MASS 962 Willson Ave. 

Fisher, Angelene H MASS 962 Willson Ave. 

Fisher, Harry W MASS 49 White Ave. 

Fisher, Estelle B MASS 49 White Ave, 

Ford, Horace MASS 2619 Euclid Ave. 

Ford, H. Clark MASS 2464 Euclid Ave. 

Ford, Frank L MASS 2220 Euclid Ave. 

Foote, Mrs. J. T r. i 216 Princeton St. 

Ferguson, Mrs. Laura. A CONN 181 Franklin Ave. 

Foster, George H MASS 39 Lincoln Ave. 

Fenn, Andrew A CONN Talmadge, O. 

Fenn, Richard T CONN. Talmadge, O. 

Fenn, Nelson CONN Talmadge, O. 

Fenn, Mrs. Floi a W CONN Talmadge, O. 

Field, D. E VT Collinwood, O. 

Field, Emma F N. H Collinwood, O. 

French, N E MASS Jeffrson, O. 

Fitch, Edward H CONN Jefferson, O. 

Fitch, Alta D N. H Jefferson, O. 

Ford, Rev. J. C MASS Jefferson, O. 

Fisher, Lloyd N. H Newburg, O. 

Farr, Mrs. Murray CONN Rockport, O. 

Foster, Nathan CONN Berea, O. 

Foster, Mrs. Betsey MASS Berea. O. 

Foster, Edwin J MASS Wllloughby, O. 



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Foote, H. P MASS West Dover, O. 

Flint, Mrs. L,. M CONN New London, O. 

Ford, Mrs. H. J CONN. Parkman. O. 

Fenn, Mrs. D. A MASS Hudson, O. 

Foster, H. B MASS Hudson, O. 

Ford, W. J CONN Hiram, O. 

Ford, Mrs. W. J MB Hiram, O. 

Fuller, Mrs. Edith H N. H East Cleveland. 

Fuller, Emma T CONN EJast Cleveland. 

Fl-ost, Mrs. Mary Hart CONN Mentor, O. 

Fraser, Mrs. J. G VT. 775 Doan St. 

Fay, Byron N. H 857 Doan St. 

Fay, Eliza A CONN 857 Doan St. 

Greene, John E VT. 295 Franklin Ave. 

Greenoug-h, M. S MASS 600 Prospect St. 

Goodsell. T. H CONN 85 Water St. 

Gwenn, W. H VT 264 Washington St. 

Gates, Mrs. Nellie MASS. Station G. 

Green, J. O MASS 293 Forest St. 

Gerritt, A. J MASS 132 Merchants Ave. 

Gleason, L. A CONN 17L Jennings Ave. 

Gleason, Mrs. E. D CONN 171 Jennings Ave. 

Guernsey, F. E VT 137 Jennings Ave. 

Griffin, Mrs. H. A CONN 33 Hawthorne Ave. 

Gardner, Geo. W MASS 247 Euclid Ave. 

Gardner, Samuel S MASS 40 Hay ward St. 

Greene, S. C R. 1 1685 Euclid Ave. 

Gilkey, E. H VT. Jefferson, O. 

Gleason, C. M MASS Jefferson, O. 

Gidding-s, Kate CONN Jefferson, O. 

Graves, E. J VT Jefferson, O. 

Gardner, Mrs. Sarah S CONN Berea, O. 

Graves, C. J ' --VT Strongsville, O. 

Graves, Mrs. O. C VT Strongsville, O. 

Graves, Mrs. Dora CONN Strongsville, O. 

Goodman, Mrs. Maria C VT Parkman, O. 

Gunter, Henrietta D CONN Akron, O. 

Gardiner, George W R. I Mesopotamia, O. 

Garford, Mrs. Mary Nelson n. H Elyria, O. 

Gates, Miss Nellie MASS Station G. 

Gaylord, Mrs. Wilbur N. H East Cleveland. 

Goodrich, E. F CONN Oberlin, O. 

Gallup, Noyes P CONN. 221 Union St. 

Harman, R. A MASS. 930 Prospect St. 

Higbee, Edwin C CONN 721 Prospect St. 

Herrick, R. R MASS 444 Prospect St. 

Hodge, O. J CONN 1492 Euclid Ave. 

Hodge, Carl CONN 178 Lincoln Ave. 

Hils, C. "W. Herbert VT 55 Brenton St. 

Harris, Prof. E. D VT.' 136 Kennard St. 

Herrick, Prof, F. H YT 2374 Euclid Ave. 

*Hall, George E CONN 1662 Lament St. 

Hall, Julia B MASS 1662 Lament St. 

Hudson, Mrs. G. V VT 34 Fulton St. 

House, Martin CONN 468 Jennings Ave. 

Haydn, Rev. H. C CONN 1594 Euclid Ave. 

Hale, Judge John C N. H 1749 Euclid Ave. 

Hale, Carrie Sanborn MA SS 1749 Euclid Ave. 

Holt, Henry C CONN 94 Kenilworth St. 

Hull, George L CONN 35 Riverside Ave. 

Howe, Charles S MASS 103 Cornell St. 

Henninges, Mrs. R. E vT 112 Mueller Ave. 

Hull, Mrs. Annie E MASS 360 Euclid Ave. 

Henry, Mrs. Charles CONN West Cleveland. 

Herrick, Gamaliel E MASS 689 Euclid Ave. 

Herrick, J. F MASS East Cleveland. 

Herrick, Myron T. MASS 1549 Cedar Ave. 

♦Died 1896. 



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Hobart, M. M MASS 1170 East Madison Ave. 

Hobart, Mrs. Elizabeth W CONN 1170 East Madison Ave. 

Hatch, Henry R VT 1S95 Euclid Ave. 

Hatch, Arthur C VT 171 Bolton Ave. 

Horton, Dr. W. P VT 598 Scovill Ave. 

Hunt, H. B MASS. 20 Hickox St. 

Hunt, Jas. T MASS 91 Sixth Ave. 

Hunt, Mrs. J. T MASS 91 Sixth Ave. 

Harrington, John ME 355 Franklin Ave. 

Harrington, Mrs. John ME 355 Franklin Ave. 

Hale, S. C CONN. 760 Doan St. 

Hudson, J. E N. H 279 Huntington St. 

Hudson, Lizzie J MASS 279 Huntington St. 

Hyde, Gustavus A MASS 85 Kennard St. 

Hubbard, A. T MASS 160 Kennard St. 

Hammond, Geo. F MASS 166 Euclid Ave. 

♦Hammond, Mary B ME 166 Euclid Ave. 

Hubbard, H. W CONN 226 Bank St. 

Hawley, D. R VT 43 Sibley St. 

Hall, George CONN. 857 Euclid Ave. 

Hamlin. E. B CONN 160 Van Ness St. 

Hurd, McClellan MASS 130 Bolton Ave. 

Hurd, Helen Grace MASS 130 Bolton Ave. 

Horton, Dr. Rollin H VT 84 White Ave. 

Harris, Brougham E MASS T^akewood Ave. 

Harris, Byron C MASS Lakewood Ave. 

Hickox, Rev. D. L. MASS East Cleveland. 

Hickox, Mrs. D. L MASS East Cleveland. 

Holden, Liberty E ME The Hollenden. 

Holden. Mrs. Ella L VT 53 Linden Ave. 

Hurd, Frank CONN 1687 Euclid Ave. 

Hurd, Carrie White MASS 1687 Euclid Ave. 

Hall, Beuben MASS Dover, O. 

Hall. Mrs. Reuben MASS Dover, O. 

Hemin way, T. B MASS New London, O. 

Heminway, Manning MASS New London, O. 

Haynes, M. S MASS Strongsville, O. 

Haynes, Josephine MASS Strongsville, O. 

Haynes, Tamzen E MASS Strongsville, O. 

Harmon. C. E MASS Andover, O. 

Hall, Edwin CONN Elyria, O. 

Hall, Mary M MASS Elyria, O. 

Hughes, Mrs. Ida MASS Collinwood, O. 

Hyde, Wilbur VT Willoughby, O. 

Holmes, Charles MASS Willoughby, O. 

Hopkins, C. H VT Willoughby, O. 

Hall, H. H MASS Willoughby, O. 

Hills, C. W CONN Willoughby, O. 

Haskell W. H ME Willoughby, O. 

Haskell, Mrs. W. H N. H Willoughby, O. 

Hunt, Thaddeus ••••VT Willoughby, O. 

Hayes, C. G N. H. Auburn, O. 

Hutchinson, R. P CONN Hiram, O. 

Hodges, W. B MASS Painesville, O. 

Hale, O. W CONN. Akron, O. 

Hale, Mrs. O. W CONN. Akron. O. 

Hinman, William CONN Talmadge, O. 

Hinman, Mrs. Nellie CONN Talmadge, O. 

Herrick, Mrs. J. T MA SS Twinsburg, O. 

Hanchett Seth R r-ONN Twinsburg, O. 

Hanehett, Mrs. S. R MASS Twinsburg, O. 

Hurlburt, J. C CONN Jefferson, O. 

Howells, W. D.. Jr MASS Jefferson, O. 

Howells, Mrs. J. A MASS Jefferson, O. 

Hathaway, Milo MASS. Newburg, O. 

Hathaway, James MASS. Newburg, O. 

Haines, Mrs. Charles CONN Rockport, O. 

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30 New England Society of 



Hawkins. Nettie CONN Rockport O. 

Hulet. J. T MASS Berea O. 

Hulet, Mrs. Mary E MASS Berea, O 

Hinman, Aaron CONN Berea O. 

Hastings, Russell MASS Willoughby,' O. 

Hastings, Margaret S. MASS Willoughby, O. 

Hastings, Hezekia:h CONN Willougliby. O. 

Hastings, Mary P ^ MASS Willoughby, O. 

Hastings, Benj MASS Willoughby, O. 

Hastings, Ruth MASS Willoughby, O. 

Harbach, Thomas MASS V/illoughby, O. 

Hurst, J. N MASS West Dover, O. 

Hine, Celia White MASS Akron, O. 

Hale, O. W CONN. Akron, O. 

Hale, Mrs. O. W CONN Akron, O. 

Hale. H. C CONN. Akron, O. 

Hale, John P CONN Akron. O. 

Hill. J. C CONN Elyria, O. 

Hills, Henry L, VT 315 Sibley St. 

Hills, Marion C VT 315 Sibley St. 

Hills, Clarence P VT 315 Sibley St. 

Hills, W. D VT 372 Sibley St. 

W}^' Norman E VT 372 Sibley St. 

Hills, Charles C. VT The Lennox. 

Hawgood Mrs. Eliza B j^^SS East Cleveland. 

Hobart, Donly CONN 1254 Broadway. 

Hobart, Mrs. D CONN 1254 Broadway. 

Hobart, Miss Ella CONN 1254 Broadway. 

Harper. Robert VT Painesville O. 

Harper, Mrs. Maud VT Painesville O. 

Howard, Mrs. Jane VT. 128 Vega Ave! 

Hatch, U. C CONN. .!".'.".'..!'."".".".'. East Cleveland! 

Hatch, Mrs. U. C CONN East Cleveland. 

Hall, Lucien B CONN 388 Sibley St. 

Hall, Mrs. L. B r. 1 388 Sibley St. 

Hawkins, Albert vT 66 Oakdale St. 

Helman, Byron E MASS 1170 Willson Ave. 

Hart, Frank W. . CONN 378 Sibley St. 

Hall, Mrs^^ Porter B CONN 70 Bertram St. 

Horton, Fred W VT Middlefield, O. 

Hardy, M. D MASS South New'burg, O. 

Hawley, R. K CONN 2013 Euclid Ave. 

Huntington, Mrs. E. H MASS 891 Prospect St. 

Higgins F. E VT Conneaut, O. 

Hunt, H. H VT Conneaut, O. 

Inghs, Andrew CONN 4 Gertrude St. 

Ingraham, T. S VT 1387 Detroit St. 

Ingham, Wm. A CONN 203 Franklin Ave. 

Ingham, Mrs. W. A vT 203 Franklin Ave. 

Ingham, Rev. Howard M CONN East Cleveland. 

Ingham IVy-s H. M. . n. H East Cleveland. 

Ingersoll, Judge Jonathan E MASS 1045 Prospect St. 

Ingersoll, Mrs. Mary MASS 1045 Prospect St. 

Ingersoll, Geo. A MASS 1517 Euclid Ave. 

Ingersoll, Alvan F MASS East Cleveland. 

Ingersoll, Mary E MASS 45 Arlington St. 

Ingersoll, Joseph MASS 1719 EUclid Ave. 

Ingersoll, Harriet N MASS Berea, O. 

Johnson, Isabel W MASS. 178 Kennard St. 

Jones, Orville L, CONN 16 Cheshire St. 

Jones, Mrs. Addie M r. i 15 Daisy Ave. 

Jack, M. LeRoy N. H 329 Prospect St. 

Judd, C. S CONN 3S4 Jennings Ave. 

*Jennings, Jno. G VT 194 Jennings Ave. 

Jennings, Jno. Jr VT 67 Jennings Ave. 

Jennings, Mrs. J. G CONN 67 Jennings Ave. 

♦Died 1896. 



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Jewett, Portei- MASS Newburg, O. 

Jackson, A. A MASS Newburg, O. 

Johnson, Leverett Hubbard VT Bement, O. 

June, J. H CONN New London, O. 

Johnson, Mrs. Townsend MASS. New London, O. 

Jenks, Linden MASS Willoughby. O. 

Jenks, Wm MASS Notting-ham, O. 

Jenks, Edward MASS Mayfield, O. 

Johns, Mrs. Susan L VT 1620 Harvard St. 

Keith, Francis C VT 797 Superior St. 

Keith, Harriet C VT 797 Superior St. 

Keith, Nat S VT 273 Perkins Ave. 

Knowles, C CONN 328 Euclid Ave. 

Kitchen, Dr. H. W MASS 126 Prospect St. 

Kitchen, Mrs. Grace A CONN 126 Prospect St. 

Kendall, F. A N. H 44 Cornell St. 

Kendall, Virginia W N. H 44 Cornell St. 

Kelly, Mrs. S. A CONN 1430 Cedar Ave. 

Keith, Walter L VT 26 Wilbur St. 

Keith, Mrs. W L MASS 26 Wilbur St. 

Kelly, Robert H CONN 56 Merchant Ave. 

King, Mrs. F CONN East Cleveland. 

Knight, T S MASS 1370 Cedar Ave. 

Knight, Mrs. T. S MASS. 1370 Cedar Ave. 

Kelly, Mrs. L. C MASS 57 Hough Place. 

Kilbourne, Margaret Moody CONN Painesville O. 

Kelly, E. A VT Chagrin Falls, O. 

Kelly, Mrs. E. A CONN. Chagrin Falls O. 

Kelly, Mrs. Rose E MASS Willoughby, O. 

King, Mis. M. Enos VT Andover, O. 

Kohler, Fannie Coburn CONN Akron, O. 

Kennedy, Hiram VT 1699 Euclid Ave. 

Kirtland, Mrs. Hattie Swift MASS Poland, O. 

Kolb, Mrs. Myrta Howard VT 128 Vega Ave. 

King, F. J VT 31 Hillside Ave. 

Kirk, William H CONN East Cleveland. 

Kirk, Martha W CONN East Cleveland. 

Kinney, E. J CONN Huntsburg, O. 

Kinney, Philena S ". ..VT Huntsburg, O. 

King, Lucretia M MASS Huntsburg, O. 

Knowlton, Isabel M MASS 1457 Detroit St. 

♦Little. Dr. Hiram H VT Euclid Ave. 

Lindsey, Theo. S MASS 11 Granger St. 

Lindsey, Mrs. T. S CONN 11 Granger St. 

Latham, Charles A CONN. 2 Hough Place. 

Lyman H. F CONN 419 Sibley St. 

Langdon, C. J MASS 345 Prospect St. 

Lee, Dr. H. J VT 71 Tilden Ave. 

Lee, Mary O VT 71 Tilden Ave. 

Lindsey, Dr. T. D MASS 19 Dorchester Ave. 

LamsonI Isaac P CONN 174 Jennings Ave. 

Lamson, Mrs. I. P CONN 174 Jennings Ave. 

Lindsey, Frank W MASS 282 Huntington St. 

Lindsey, Mary MASS 282 Huntington St. 

Laird, Mrs. Nellie F N. H 16 Library Ave. 

Ladd, Rev. Henry M CONN South Logan Ave. 

Ladd, Mrs. H. M CONN South Logan Ave. 

Leach, Orris MASS. Twinsburg, O. 

Lane C. B CONN Twinsburg, O. 

Lane H. C CONN Twinsburg, O. 

Loomis, A. N CONN Jefferson. O. 

Lutton, Wm MASS Newburg, O. 

Ludlow, Rev. A. C MASS Newburg, O. 

Lathrope, Dr. Geo MASS Dover, O. 

Lyman, Mrs. Anna CONN New London, O. 

Lord, Mrs. L. W VT Hudson, O. 

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Loomls, Merritt R. I Hiram, O. 

Lyman. C. R MASS Bristolville,' O. 

Lyon, S. S CONN 897 Scovill Ave. 

Lyon, Frank M CONN 897 Scovill Ave. 

JLyoni, H. H CONN Strongsvllle, O. 

Mellen, Lucius F MASS 484 Prospect St. 

Marten, E. C MASS 79 Alanson St. 

Morse, Mrs. S. N YT 144 Perry St. 

Mason, Stephen A CONN 496 Bolton Ave. 

Moore, James W CONN 603 Society for Savings. 

Moore, Emily Cowles CONN 603 Society for Savings. 

Morley, J. H N. H 728 Prospect St. 

Morton, A. D MASS 23 Hawthorne Ave. 

Morton, J. T MASS. 23 Hawthorne Ave. 

Moore, F. B R.I 723 Case Ave. 

Mansfield, Harry MASS 160 Kennard St. 

Marble, Van Ness M N. H 68 Irvington St. 

Meriam, J. B MASS 535 Euclid Ave. 

Meriam, Helen Morgan MASS 535 Euclid Ave. 

Meriam, Edmund B MASS 535 Euclid Ave. 

Moses, Nelson CONN 815 Fairmount St. 

Morgan, E. N MASS 469 Euclid Ave. 

Morgan, Charles H MASS East Cleveland. 

Merrill, F. A N. H 1009 Cedar Ave. 

McKisson, Robert E CONN 84 Tilden Ave. 

Martin, Daniel MASS 12 Granger St. 

Morgan, Professor E. V CONN 2374 Euclid Ave. 

Marsh, Abby N. Qi MASS Station G. 

Murdoch, Rev. Marion MASS 160 Huron St. 

Metcalf, Rev. I. W MASS 427 Clark Ave. 

Mills, Rev. Chas. S MASS 220 Jennings Ave. 

Mills, Mrs. Alice Morrill MASS 220 Jennings Ave. 

Mayhew, F. C MASS Hotel Wilmot. 

Merwin, Mrs. May J N. H 1088 East Madison Ave. 

Mason, Mrs. Samuel N. H. 1088 East Madison Ave. 

McMillen, Mrs. Annie T CONN Eiast Cleveland. 

Mason, Orville L CONN 496 Bolton Ave. 

Mason, Mrs. Etta B VT 496 Bolton Ave. 

Mapes, C. C MASS Collinwood, O. 

Mapes, Augusta A .MASS Collinwood, O. 

Miller, Mrs. W. C. D MASS Berea, O. 

Miles, William CONN. Newburg, O. 

Mastick, Herny VT Rockport, O. 

Mastick, Mrs. Mary MASS Rockport, O. 

Meacham, Norman MASS Berea, O. 

Messinger, Henry VT. New London, O. 

Metcalf, E. W MASS. Elyria. O. 

Metcalf, Mrs. E. W MASS. Elyria, O. 

Metcalf, I. S MASS. Elyria, O. 

Merrick, Joseph E CONN Strongsvllle, O. 

Morley, B. O MASS Andover, O. 

Morley, Henry MASS Andover, O. 

Morley, J. E MASS Andover, O. 

Manley, Mrs. Birdsell MASS Andover, O. 

Merrill, S. Cowles CONN Andover, O. 

Marvin, P. F CONN Andover, O. 

Metcalf, Emily E CONN Hudson, O. 

Mills, A. D CONN Hudson, O. 

Marvin, U. Leslie CONN Akron, O. 

Marvin, D. Rockwell CONN Akron, O. 

Moore, Mrs. T. M VT Willoughby, O. 

Morley Thomas MASS. Mentor, O. 

Munn, H. J CONN Hiram, O. 

Munson, H. N CONN Mentor, O. 

Moore Franklin H VT 962 Willson Ave. 

Moore, Mrs. Sarah C R. 1 962 Willson Ave. 



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Mapes, George C MASS Collin wood, O. 

Mapes. Henrietta Frusell MASS Coliinwood u. 

Miller, Mrs. Mary C CONN 36 Knox St. 

MeCrosky, Sophia Barber N. H lilast Cleveland. 

Mussey, Henry E CONN Elyria, O. 

Mussey, Caroline E CONN Elyria, O. 

Mussey. E. K CONN Elyria, O. 

Metcalf, Flora M CONN 636 Clark Ave. 

Metcalf, R. F CONN Elyria, O. 

Mead, Rev. E. C R. I Burton, O. 

Moxham, Harriet VT Mesopotamia, O. 

Mills. G. T N. H 635 Prospect St. 

Morgan, Herman L CONN 235 Union St. 

Meacham, Levi E ME 103 Jennings Ave. 

Meacham, Lina B ME 103 Jennings Ave. 

Myers, Mrs. Clara T MASS E. Cleveland. 

Myers, Clara B MASS E. Cleveland. 

[Myers, Julia E MASS E. Cleveland. 

•Myers, Katherlne MASS ^E. Cleveland. 

Noyes, H. N VT 90 Bond St. 

Nixon, Mrs. S. G MASS 144 Perry St. 

Newberry, J. G CONN 660 Cedar Ave. 

Noyes, Will H VT 125 Water St. 

Noyes, W. P. S VT 125 Water St. 

Newton, T. G CONN 2 Franklin Court. 

Northrup, C. C CONN 784 Hough Ave. 

Needham, G. E VT 1147 Willson Ave. 

Nason, Millard H MASS 67 Fifth Ave. 

Nason, Mrs. M. H MASS 67 Fifth Ave. 

Nichols, O. A MASS Twinsburg, O. 

Nichols, Mrs. O. A MASS Twinsburg, O. 

Nichols. O. P MASS Twinsburg, O. 

Norton, R. M CONN Jefferson, O. 

Nichols, Mrs. R. M CONN Jefferson, O. 

Nichols, Mrs. L MASS Rockport, O. 

Nichols, H. B CONN Elyria, O. 

Nevins. W. J CONN Elyria, O. 

Nevins, Mrs. S. F MASS Elyria, O. 

Nye. David J VT Elyria, O. 

Nye, Mrs. David J VT Elyria, O. 

Nelson, Mrs. Frances Sanf ord CONN Elyria, O. 

Olney, Prof. Chas. F CONN 137 Jennings Ave. 

Olney, Mrs. C. F CONN 137 Jennings Ave. 

Osborne, Joseph A MASS 579 The Arcade. 

Osborne. H. W MASS 1255 Euclid Ave. 

Ogram. J. W CONN East Cleveland. 

Ogram, Jennie CONN East Cleveland. 

Ogram, Katharine CONN East Cleveland. 

Oviatt. Orson Minor CONN 213 Franklin Ave. 

Oviatt. Frances Hammond CONN 213 Franklin Ave. 

Osborne Scott CONN. Newburg. O. 

Ogilvey. C. J MASS Strongsville, O. 

Ogilvey, Mrs. Angle MASS Strongsville, O. 

Owen, Daniel CONN Parkman, O. 

Pitkin, LfUcius M. VT 41 Windsor Ave. 

Pitkin, Mrs. Sarah B VT 41 Windsor Ave. 

Parsons, Richard C CONN 594 Prospect St. 

Parsons, Mrs. R. C CONN 594 Prospect St. 

Phinney. Ben j. F MAS® 354 Franklin Ave. 

Prentiss, Perry N. H 79 Fifth Ave. 

Pratt, H. F MASS 31 Euclid Ave. 

Parsons, J. Burton MASS 662 Prospect St. 

Perdue, Eugene H ME 1129 Willson Ave. 

Pratt, Dana J MASS 59 Cedar Ave. 

Palmer E A CONN 117 Water St. 

Palmer, S. B CONN 372 Bolton Ave. 

Palmer, Mrs. W. K MASS 484 Prospect St. 

Peck, D. B VT Superior St. 

Peck, Mrs. Frances A CONN Superior St. 



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Perry, A. T N. H 814 Case Ave. 

Perry, Lydia K N. H 814 Case Ave. 

Potter, Geo. H N. H 769 Case Ave. 

Pennington, Melatcah MASS 2030 Euclid Ave. 

Perkins, Edwin R N. H 1775 Euclid Ave. 

Perkins, Mrs. B. R N. H 1775 Euclid Ave. 

Pope, Louis L CONN 464 Bolton Ave. 

Pope, Lida M MASS 464 Bolton Ave. 

Paine, Seth T CONN Forest City House. 

Perry, A. A MASS 85 Vienna St. 

Perry, Emeline A MASS 85 Vienna St. 

Perry, Arthur A MASS 62 Dorchester Ave. 

Perry, Ella R MASS 62 Dorchester Ave. 

Pope, D. L CONN 448 Bolton Ave. 

Pope, Mrs. D. L, MASS 448 Bolton Ave. 

Pettibone, Sherman CONN Talmadge, O. 

Pettibone, Mrs. S CONN Talmadge, O. 

Peck, Herbert CONN ' Talmadge, O. 

Peck, Antoinette CONN Talmadge, O. 

Parks, W. A MASS T'winsburg, O. 

Pomeroy, A. H MASS Berea, O. 

Pomeroy, O MASS Berea, O. 

Palmer, Mrs. Lucinda MASS Newburg, O. 

Poole, Dr. A. W MASS Newburg, O. 

Parker, C. M CONN Berea, O. 

Pratt. P CONN Painesville, O. 

Pratt, F. P CONN Painesville, O. 

Parker, H. M VT Elyria, O 

Parker, Geo. M VT Elyria, O 

Parker, Mary C VT. Elyria, O 

Pond, M. M CONN Elyria, O 

Pope, C. H MASS Oberlin, O. 

Pickett, W. S MASS Andover, O. 

Pickett, Henry MASS Andover, O. 

Pickett, Sally Birchard MASS Andover, O. 

Pardee, R. A VT Andover, O. 

Perry, Dr. P. E CONN Andover, O. 

Peck, Josiah MASS Andover, O 

Pitkin, F. H MASS Andover, O. 

Parmelee, W. B. . . . v N H Hudson, O. 

Parsons, S. B MASS Rootstown, O. 

Pelton, John MASS Willoughby, O. 

Page. Frank CONN Kirtland, O. 

Parsons, S. B CONN Hiram, O. 

Pierce. E. H CONN Hiram, O. 

Potts, S J MASS Painesville, O. 

Pinney, C. A VT Mesopotamia, O. 

Paul, Hosea VT 598 Norwood Ave. 

Paul, Emma Plum CONN 598 Norwood Ave. 

Phelps, Charles MASS East Cleveland. 

Phelps, Mrs. Martha B MASS East Cleveland. 

Phelps, Miss Martha E MASS East Cleveland. 

Parsons, Lucius B CONN Chardon, O. 

Peck, Mary Anna CONN 156 Forest St. 

Pratt, Mrs. Dana J MASS 22 Lin wood St. 

Plum, Henry CONN Cuyahoga Falls, O. 

Plum, Nancy Newell CONN Cuyahoga Falls, O. 

Patch, M. G CONN East Cleveland. 

Peck. Thomas Knowlton CONN Hudson, O. 

Peck, Jennie Webster CONN Hudson] O. 

Perkins, Henry B CONN. Warren] O. 

Perkins Eliza Baldwin CONN Warren, O. 

Peck, N ewton VT. . .' Brookfield, O. 

Pinney. H. B VT Mesopotamia, O. 

Pinney, Jennie VT Mesopotamia, O. 

Pomeroy, Dr. Harlan MASS -..116 Ingleside Ave. 

Pomeroy, Fred T MASS 382 Dunham Ave. 

Peck, John S CONN Oberlin, O. 

Peck, Mrs. Emma B CONN Oberlin, O. 



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Reed, Wm. E VT 125 Fourth Ave. 

Rees, Wm. F VT 977 Prospect St 

Rice, Percy W MASS 1812 Euclid Ave. 

Rice, Walter P MASS 1812 Euclid" Ave. 

Rudd, Wm. C MASS 33 Ctieshire St. 

Raymond, Henry N CONN 502 Euclid Ave. 

Robertson, Geo. A CONN ....501 Cedar Ave. 

Robinson, Mrs. Ida Odell AIASS 73 Fourth Ave. 

Rouse, B. H CONN. 43 Sibley St. 

Rouse, Mrs. E. W CONN. 43 Sibley St. 

Rouse, Geo. W MASS 461 Prospect St. 

Rouse, Henry C MASS 898 Euclid Ave. 

Rolfe, S. L ME 2374 Euclid Ave. 

Ritchie, James MASS The Lenox. 

Ritchie, Mrs. Jas MASS The Lenox. 

Richards, Rrs. J, M MASS Station G. 

Rawson, M. E VT 762 Genesee Ave. 

Rawson, Mrs. M. E VT 762 Genesee Ave, 

Rose, E. G MASS 109 Cedar Ave. 

Rose, Sarah P MASS 109 Cedar Ave, 

Ripley, W. C VT 4 College St. 

Ranney, Henry C MASS 772 Euclid Ave. 

Reader, C'has. E MASS 791 Doan St. 

Reed. Prof. E. W VT Painesville, O. 

Ransom, J. C CONN Hartland, O. 

Runyan, P.lrs. Carrie M VT New London, O. 

Ring, Mrs. Nellie CONN Strongeville, O. 

Roberts, J. W VT Andover, O. 

Read, Mathew S MASS Hudson, O. 

Read, Orissa E CONN Hudson, O. 

Rogers, E. E MASS Hudson, O. 

Rogers, Mrs. E. E CONN Hudson, O. 

Rideout, S. E VT Hudson, O. 

Rideout, Mary CONN Hudson, O. 

Reed, H. O MASS Root3town, O. 

Reed, Julia A MASS RootsHown, O. 

Rayncld, A. G CONN Akron, O. 

Randall, C. H .....VT Willoughby. O. 

Randall, Mrs. H VT Willoughby, O. 

Richards, Gilbert A MARS Middlefleld, O. 

Reed, L. L MASS Auburn, O. 

Russell, Almon VT Hiram, O. 

Russell, F. A M.\.SS Hiram, O. 

Ryder, J. J VT Hiram, O. 

Richmond. Dr. Linn CONN Andover, O. 

Raymond, A. G MASS Painesville, O. 

Richards, Anna VT Elyria, O. 

Richards, Rev. H. A. N M.VSs! 31 Hillside Ave. 

Richards, Mrs. H. A. N vT 31 Hillside Ave. 

Reed, Mrs. W. L CONN Melrose Ave. 

Root, John H MASS Brunswick, O. 

Root, Frank M MARS Berea, O. 

Root, Samuel L MASS Berea, O. 

Roberts, Mrs. A. B CONN 1020 Willson Ave. 

Raymond, Samuel A CONN Glenville, O. 

Sterling, F. A CONN 939 Euclid Ave. 

Sterling. Emma B CONN 939 Euclid Ave. 

Stone, S. E VT 1193 East Madison Ave. 

Stone, Mrs. Lizzie M MARS 1193 East Madison Ave. 

Sherwin, Henry A VT 1437 Euclid Ave. 

Sherwin, John A VT ...11 Morse Ave. 

Spencer, P. M .-••CONN 1421 Euclid Ave. 

Spencer, Harriet E M.ASS 1421 Euclid Ave. 

Seymour, Belden VT The Lenox. 

Stearns, E. .7 N. H 23 Burt St. 

Stilson, Sherman H CONN ?9 Cedar Ave. 

Stilpon, Isabel H CONN 29 Cedar Ave. 

Snow, Joseph H MASS 136 Franklin Ave. 



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Smith, Lester A MASS 55 Brenton St. 

Sherman, Dr. H. G MASS 2S9 Harkness Ave. 

Sherman, Jane Sophia MASS 289 Harkness Ave. 

Sholes, T. G R. 1 402 N. Perry St. 

Sholes, Fred T R. 1 73 Tilden Ave. 

(Snow, Justin MASS 38 Hough Place. 

Stevens, Milo B VT 578 Cedar Ave. 

Stanton, John N R. 1 802 Prospect St. 

Stanton, Mrs. J. N R. 1 802 Prospect St. 

■Stanton, Lizzie R. 1 802 Prospect St. 

Sanders', Dr. J. C N. H 608 Prospect St. 

Smith, Stiles C CONN 690 Euclid Ave. 

Smith, George S. ..• CONN 508 Giddings Ave. 

Strong, E. E CONN 82 Brookfield St. 

Strong, Mary E. C CONN 82 Brookfield St. 

Strong, W. N CONN 2 Hough Place. 

Seelye, Thomas T CONN 94 Ingleside Ave. 

Sargent, H. Q N. H 35 Hayward St. 

Sargent, Eliza E. S N. H 35 Hayward St. 

Sanderson. F. M MASS 166 Sawtell Ave. 

Sanders, Harriet P MASS 166 Sawtell Ave. 

Sawyer, A. W MASS 48 Lincoln Ave. 

Searles, Paul C CONN 77 Merchant Ave. 

Strong, Asahel W MASS 49 Fourth Ave. 

Severence, S. L MASS 60i Woodland Ave. 

Severence, L. H MASS 605 Woodland Ave. 

Sherwln, N. B VT 1805 Euclid Ave. 

Sherwin. Mrs. Lizzie M VT 1805 Euclid Ave. 

Saunders, C. L ME 342 Erie St. 

Saunders, Elizabeth ME 342 Erie St. 

Smith, S. Lewis CONN 690 Euclid Ave. 

Snow, Mrs. Jane Elliott CONN 221 Clinton St. 

Sanders, Dr. Kent N. H 645 Prospect St. 

Sessions, Sam'l W CONN 149 Jennings Ave. 

Sessions, Mrs. S. W CONN 149 Jennings Ave. 

Sutliff, Chas. G CONN 143 Jennings Ave. 

Smith, Fred K CONN 22 Jay St. 

Smith, Chas. H MASS 121 Cedar Ave. 

Smith, Louisa J MASS 121 Cedar Ave. 

Stanley, J. L CONN 40 Vienna St. 

Smith, Reuben F CONN 441 Dunham Ave. 

Smith. Rebecca P CONN 441 Dunham Ave. 

Sawtelle, E. M CONN. East Cleveland. 

Sheldon, Mrs, Cordelia VT 206 Franklin Ave. 

Shirley, Mrs. Perrin MASS 440 Bolton Avp. 

Smith, Fred C VT 488 Bolton Ave. 

Scribner, Geo. Weed MASS 476 Bolton Aye. 

Seymour, Rev. John A CONN East Cleveland, O. 

Seymour, Sarah K VT Ea.3t Cleveland. O. 

Sawyer, Dr. P. H MASS 54 Streator Ave. 

Sawyer, Caroline L CONN 54 Streator Ave. 

Sherwin, Geo. N VT 1805 Euclid Ave. 

Stevens, Mrs. Harriet MASS Twinsburg, O 

Starkey, H. E CONN Jefferson, o. 

Simonds, Mrs. Louisa W CONN Jefferson, 6. 

Spencer, Mrs. Nellie VT Rockport, O. 

Smeadly, James CONN Berea. O. 

Smeadly, F. S CONN Berea. O. 

Stevens, Chauncy MAS« West Dover, O. 

Stockwell, Mary Avery CONN Painesvillp! O. 

Stockwell Norris P CONN Painesvillo, O. 

San ford, Mrs. E. J CONV Painesvillf, O. 

Sanford, Henry H CONN Paine sville! 'O. 

Skinner, H. G N. H New London, O. 

Smith, Mra A. H (MASS Elyria, O. 

Stilson, F VT Strongsville, O. 

Stra.tton. J. E MASS Andover O. 

Small, Rev. Chas H MASS Hudson. O. 



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Small, Cora S VT Hudson, O. 

Starr, G. L, CONN Hudson O. 

Starr, Mry. G. L. CONN Hudson' O. 

Scott, Stiles E CONN Hudson' O. 

Scott, Ella Case CONN Hudson, O. 

Seymour, Cora M MASS Rootstown^ O. 

Spelman, H. L MASS Rootstown, O. 

Spelman, Julia A MASS Rootstown, O. 

Sherman, Wm MASS Mayfield, O. 

Sherman, Peleg MASS Mayfield, O. 

Stockwell, Mrs. Willis VT Willoughby, O. 

Snow. Oliver F MASS Auburn, O. 

Slade, Wm. H MASS Euclid, O. 

Stevens. Lucius E MASS Noble, O. 

Stocking, O. C CONN Hiram. O. 

Scott. C. J CONN Painesville, O. 

Stevens, M. Ellen MASS Akron. O. 

Sanderson. E. B VT Mesopotamia. O. 

Smyth, Mrs. P. H CONN East Cleveland. 

Sanford. Eliza Milbarke CONN Elyria. O. 

Sanford. Amanda Seeley CONN Elyria. O. 

Sanford, Elias Frederick CONN Elyria. O. 

Smith, C. W ME 512 The Ellington. 

Smith, Mrs. C. W ME 512 The Ellington. 

Slaughter, Mrs. A. C CONN 1254 Broadway. 

Slaughter, May CONN 1254 Broadway. 

Schauffler, Mrs. Henry A CONN 1532 Broadway. 

Snow, Mrs. Jane Elliott CONN 221 Clinton St. 

Swift, Mrs. Sarah Spaulding MASS... East Cleveland. 

Swift, Grace H MASS East Cleveland. 

Smith, Mrs. Louisa Porter MASS Elyria, O. 

Spicer. Mrs. Fanny W MASS 384 Prospect St. 

Strong. A. W MASS Huntsburg, O. 

Seymour, Gideon MASS Rootstown, O. 

Sawyer, Dr. P. S CONN 54 Streator Ave. 

Sawyer, Mrs. Caroline CONN 54 Streator Ave 

Shipherd. Mrs. Frances E CONN 282 Prospect St. 

Skinner. L. S CONN 607 Hough Ave. 

Smith, Mrs. W. L MASS Elyria, O. 

Strong. C. E CONN Huntsburg, O. 

Strong, F. L MASS Huntsburg. O. 

Swing, Mrs. Alice Mead MASS Oberlin, O. 

Tidd, E. B MASS 724 Genesee Ave. 

Topliff, I. N CONN 1452 Euclid Ave. 

Taylor, Henry A MASS East Cleveland. 

Taylor, Rev. L. L CONN 649 Prospect St. 

Talbot. J. T MASS 2374 Euclid Ave. 

Tuttle, Mrs. W. H CONN 253 Clinton St. 

Tillinghast. J. M CONN Weddell House. 

Tillinghast, J. M., Mrs CONN Weddell House. 

Talbot, L. J MASS 124 Dunham Ave. 

Talbot, Mrs. L. J MASS 124 Dunham Ave. 

Treadway. A. R CONN 97 Jennings Ave. 

Treadway, L. H CONN 97 Jennings Ave. 

Tilton. T N. H 100 Merchant Ave. 

Taylor, Mrs. B. F MASS 128 Olive St. 

Thwlng, Rev. Chas. F ME 24 Belleflower Ave. 

Thwing. Mrs. C. F ME 24 Belleflower Ave. 

Treat, David B CONN Talmadge. O. 

Treat, Catharine P CONN Talmadge. O. 

Turney. Mrs. Joseph MASS Newburg, O. 

Thayer. Newton MASS Berea, O. 

Thayer, Mr.'^. Newton MASS Berea, O. 

Taylor, V. A VT Berea, O. 

Tisdell. Walter C CONN Painesville, O. 

Tildell, Mary L C^ONN Painesville, O. 

Taylor, V. A MASS Bedford, O. 

Townsend, H. W MASS New London, O. 



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Tarbell, L. J CONN" Willoughby, O. 

Turner, A. A CONN Hiram, O. 

Tracy, F. B MASS Euclid, O. 

Tilden, Mason B CONN Hiram, O. 

Tilden, George .' CONN Hiram, O. 

Thompson, Philander.... MASS Middlefield, O. 

Tyler, Mrs. Emma R R. I Mentor, O. 

Taylor, C. W MASS East Cleveland. 

Taylor, Chas. Herbert MASS East Cleveland. 

Tuttle, A. W CONN Huntsburg, O. 

Tenney, Rev. Henry M N. H Oberlin, O. 

Topliff, John A VT... Elyria, O. 

Upson, Andrew S CONN 1612 Euclid Ave. 

Upson, Mrs. A. S CONN 1612 Euclid Ave. 

Upson, J. E CONN 275 Bolton Ave. 

Upson, Henry G CONN 72 Merchant Ave. 

Underwood, R. A R. I Mesopotamia, O. 

Uram, Mrs. Clara A N. H 888 Case Ave. 

Voris, A. C CONN Akron, O. 

Vorls, Lizzie H CONN Akron, O. 

Vial, Fred VT Willoughby, O. 

Van Tassell, Mary J CONN 19 Mueller Ave. 

Webster, J. Howard N. H 925 Prospect St. 

Whitney, H. W MASS 300 Cedar Ave. 

Whitney, E. E MASS 496 Cedar Ave. 

Williams, Geo. W MASS 464 Bolton Ave. 

Williams, John C MASS 696 Dennison Ave. 

Warner, T. M VT 258 Bolton Ave. 

Wolcott, Herbert W CONN 87 Public Square. 

White, Thos. H MASS 1840 Euclid Ave. 

White, Almira L MASS 1840 Euclid Ave. 

White, Howard W MASS 1814 Euclid Ave. 

White, Rollin C MASS 1467 Euclid Ave. 

Wickham, Mrs. G. V CONN 242 Harkness Ave. 

Walker, E. R MASS 732 Giddings Ave. 

White, Hudson T MASS 366 E. Prospect St. 

Whitmarsh, Chas. W MASS 430 Bolton Ave. 

Whitmarsh, Mrs. Ida A N. H 430 Bolton Ave. 

Whipple, Wm. B MASS 99 Lyman St. 

White, Judge H. C MASS 344 Harkness Ave. 

White, Mrg. H. C CONN 344 Harkness Ave. 

Walton, John W CONN 2659 Euclid Ave. 

Walton, Gertrude R N. H 2659 Euclid Ave. 

Welch, Geo. P MASS 1161 Prospect St. 

Welch, Maria H MASS 1161 Prospect St. 

Wardwell, J. W N. H The Arcade. 

Whittlesey, Henry S CONN 382 Bolton Ave. 

Wilson, Thos. H MASS 80 Spangler Ave. 

Wilson, Mrs. T. H MASS 80 Spangler Ave. 

Welch, Henry C MASS 102 Ingleside Ave. 

Wood, M. H MASS 2374 Euclid Ave. 

Wood, Marvin W MASS 2277 Euclid Ave. 

Weston, Prof. S. F ME 2374 Euclid Ave. 

Weston, Sarah E ME 2374 Euclid Ave. 

Ward, Hubert H VT 863 Fairmount St. 

Ward, Harriet Porter VT 863 Fairmount St. 

Wilson, Mrs. W. H CONN 320 Prospect St. 

Webb, Mrs. Ella I CONN 102 Alanson St. 

Wait, A. M MASS 881 Case Ave. 

Wait, Mrs. A. M MASS 881 Case Ave. 

Winship, John O ME 100 Kensington St. 

Winship, Helen M ME 100 Kensington St. 

Winship, Dr. A. T ME 524 Prospect St. 

Williams, E. F CONN 63 Mentor Ave. 

White, John G N. H 187 Lake St. 

Woods, Mrs. J. S MASS 626 Hough Place. 

Wadsworth, Mrs. Lizzie CONN 462 Euclid Ave. 

Walworth, John CONN East Cleveland. 



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Walworth, Mrs. John MASS East Cleveland. 

Walworth, A. W MASS East Cleveland. 

Walworth, F. H M.4SS East Cleveland. 

Walworth, Anne CONN ^ 512 Euclid Ave. 

White, E. W MASS 480 Bolton Ave. 

Williard, A. M MASS 57 Holyoke Place, 

Wlnslow, A. P MASS 124 Olive St. 

Whitman, Bryant P MASS 95 Cornell St. 

Whitman, Kate Ford MASS 95 Cornell St. 

Wright, Frank H., Jr CONN Talmadge, O. 

Wright, Harriet C CONN Talmadge, O. 

Wolcott, Mrs. Harriet CONN Talmadge,©. 

Wade, Edward C MASS Jefferson, O. 

Wade, Mrs. E. C VT Jefferson, O. 

Woodbury, F. H VT Jefferson, O. 

Warner, Charles E CONN Jefferson, O. 

Warner, Cornelia A CONN Jefferson, O. 

White, A. C CONN Jefferson, O. 

Wisner, Mrsi. H. B MASS Berea, O. 

Wood, Mrs. Nathaniel CONN Rockport, O. 

Wright, Charles Wilson MASS WlUoughby, O. 

Wright, Mrs. C. W CONN Willoughby, O. 

Williams, Mrs. Clark MASS Dover. O. 

Wolverton, Prof. N. T VT Painesville, O. 

♦Williams, Rev. E. E CONN Elyria, O. 

Washburn, Geo. G N. H Elyria, O. 

Weeks, Mrs. W. I) VT Elyria, O. 

Wheller, Mrs. W. J MASS Strongsville, O. 

White, C. S CONN Strongs.vllle, O. 

White, Mrs. P. L MASS Strongsville, O. 

Wade, S. M MASS Andover, O. 

Warren, Mrs. T. Wade MASS Andover, O. 

Wight, Sam'l Pardee MASS Andover, O. 

Webster, M. Evelyn CONN Hudson, O. 

Webster, Ellen M VT Hudson, O. 

♦Wait, George MASS Willoughby, O. 

Wait, Mrs. Arthur MASS Willoughby, O. 

Wells, Rev. H. H MASS Willoughby, O. 

Wells, John MASS Kirtland, O. 

Whiting, Charles CONN Kirtland, O. 

Wells, Myron MASS Willoughby, O. 

Wilbur, Wm MASS Bissel's P. O., O. 

Wing, Willis S CONN Auburn, O. 

White, A. V VT Hiram, O. 

Wakefield E. B ...VT Hiram, O. 

Wakefield' Mrs. E. B CONN Hiram, O. 

Wyman, Lloyd CONN Painesville, O. 

Wood, Lewis J CONN Painesville, O. 

Wyman, Vaughn E VT Painesville, O. 

Welton, Mrs. Frank CONN East Cleveland. 

Wyman, Mrs. Frances MASS 42 Van Ness Ave. 

Williams, Alex MASS So. Kirtland O. 

Williams, Mary Goodwin VT So. Kirtland O. 

Wadsworth, Captain Wm CONN 466 Euclid Ave. 

Wadswor th, Mary Elizabeth N. H 466 Euclid Ave. 

Walworth, Ida MASS East Cleveland. 

Walworth, Antoinette MASS East Cleveland. 

Wetmore, Henry CONN Cuyahoga Falls O. 

Webb, Ella Sturtevant CONN 102 Alenson St. 

Wright, R. W CONN Akron O. 

Wright, Mrs. R. W CONN Akron O. 

Wells, Mary B CONN Willoughby O. 

Winship, Elmer E MB 29 Linwood St 

Waters, George F VT 286 Superior St. 

Wright, Darwin E CONN 749 Logan Ave. 

Wright, Helen B CONN 749 Logan Ave. 

Young, Clinton VT Hiram, O. 

Young, Allyn A CONN Hiram, O. 

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